Minor Oil Leak

[volcrano]

itll be good as new after they weld it if they know what they are doing.jb weld works too.

[WillG.]

Yeah that bead the guy put down seems to be doing the trick. It seems i have (or still have) a leak coming through the clutch cover gasket near the area that was welded (the weld isnt far from it). So ill try a new gasket. Also, after i got her back together, she doesnt idle any more and every so ofter (5 seconds or so) while lightly reving it to keep it from dying. The left pipes lets out a high pitched sound. Im not sure why it would do this now. could this be the carb(s)? I didnt touch them while removing or installing the engine. I just disconnected them at the boots and lifted them up out of the way while removing/installing the engine. Any ideas on the cause and a fix?

[WillG.]

Ok, i removed the carbs and gave them a good cleaning today. It looked like the pilot jet in the left carb got clogged. Everything seem good now. :-)

[camatv]

you had the cases welded with the clutch cover on??

[WillG.]

Yes. They just told me over the phon to drain the oil (i originally was going to leave the motor in it). When i dropped off the motor, they said they may need to remover the clutch side case cover, but they would check it out. When i picked it up, they said they didnt need to remove it.

[AKheathen]

um, then i would remove it, clean and scuff the end of the weld, and get a little jb weld into the cracked area at the sealing surface, and file it smooth again. if they did weld all the way to the end of the crack, it would be distorted. if not, then it's still not all the way sealed up. either way, the gasket is likely damaged

[WillG.]

No he didnt weld to the edge. The crack didnt go that far and the area of the crack that was actually leaking wasnt that close to the edge. But he chose to weld much past the spot where it was allowing the leak (a little over kill it seems like). The area that was leaking was in the corner/nook of the bottom rear of the case, running parallel with the edge of the case. That area of the gasket appeard to have receated some. I went to get another gasket but they didnt have any more in stock. I ordered one, but since i wanted to go riding yesterday. I put a little bit of oil resistant silicone on that area and it seemed to do the trick until i get the new gasket.

 

[AKheathen]

oh, i see...... another option that i went with, is that if you find some in/out play on the shifter when it's together, you can run just blue rtv in plce of the gasket, and it will work, and tighten up the play.