Coolent Tube Problem.

[Bense]

Have any of you had the coolent tube get loose that goes into the side of the case? This is forcing my bike to leak pretty bad. To the point where I cannot run it. So I pulled the side clutch case off. Ripped everything down. Replaced the o ring on the tube but that does not help it with being loose, may just help with the water pump sending coolent inside the tube instead of on the outside also. You can't pull the tube out because it has a bend on it. We were thinking of JB welding the tube on the outside where it meets the case but I am afraid if coolent is going on the outside of the tube and we don't leave it anywhere to go it will send it back inside the cutch case with the oil. Not good. I am calling Montclair yamaha and asking them what I should do, but I am trying to get to glamis in 2 days and am fighting a major design flaw buy yamaha. This is the shittest design I have ever seen. HELP

[ledofthezep]

If you can...just cut the line down a bit & reclamp it....or get a new line & make sure you get the clamps tight. I think I know what you're trying to say...

[Bense]

No it is not the hose. It is the metal tube that the rubber hose connects on. The tube goes into the case. This is moving around and it is leaking out of where it meets the case. I don't understand this because the coolent is supposed to run through the tube yet it is leaking out of where it slides through the case. I had the whole clutch cover apart and no coolent in the oil. I need someone that really knows the insided of these things help. The shop didn't understand what I was talking about either.

 

The tube goes into the clutch side case and mates up with a machines slot in the case. This is where the water pump pumps the coolent through. I replaced the o-ring there and still I have the problem.

[SCOTT PRESSLEY]

OUTSIDE,put jb weld around the outside of the tube where it meets the case.Like a bead of caulk.Seal from the outside to keep from restrecting the flow.Not to be a smart ass but is your impeler ok.I had the plastic gear spin on the shaft,had to replace impeler,bearing,seal,gear all of it to fix it.

[Bense]

I did the JB weld thing. Still having issues its now at the dealership. The impeller looked fine to me when I checked it. I will have him look into it. Thanks.

[raxen]

It has been awhile but if I recall correctly the metal tube comes out. If you pull it back past the rubber tube at the end of the pull there is a C-clip. use some needle noes pliers to snag it and it pops right out. I know I have had that out before.

[raxen]

I just pulled out an old lower end that I had out of the building, I will strip the side covers off and see for sure. Report later.

[Bense]

Thanks bud. I have had this thing apart 2 or 3 times and I never saw a c clip for it. I did however replace the o-ring and I thought this would keep the coolent from trying to push on the outside of the tube. In all reality it should. Brand new o-ring and still the same problem. The tube would jiggle a little and slide in and out about an 1/8 to a 1/4 of an inch but with the bend on the tube I could not figure out how to pull it out.

[Bense]

Tore it all down and put a another new o ring on that tube and it solved the problem. f*ck who would have thought it would take 2 different o-rings and 3 tear downs. I thought it was something else when I first put that new o-ring in it and it leaked just as bad. It is kind of a scary thing to know that the only thing keeping your banshee from burning down in the dunes is some shitty o-ring. Bad design in my opinion. Its one of those things I guess. Its like the shitty screws they put in everything those cheap bastards. The banshee used to be 2700 brand new. Nothing has changed over the years and now its 6 g's with shitty screws.