It's always the simple jobs that take the longest...

[Dukedesmo]

Originally Posted by Capo

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...