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Old 07-01-2019, 10:30 PM   #16
Dukedesmo
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Originally Posted by Capo View Post
they told me that 99% of failures were due to damage during installation.
I replaced the small seal in the shaft on my 916 whilst the engine was apart as it seemed a sensible thing to do given the age, mileage and the fact that the seal is cheap, even though it wasn't leaking.

It did however leak afterwards because I fitted it the wrong way round

Next ride out the clutch slipped due to the oil in it and when the bike sat, oil dripped onto the exhaust to make a smokescreen on startup.

In my defence, it's a small seal and not so easy to see which way the 'lip' was pointing - I should've gone to specsavers...
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