87sheerips Posted May 15, 2007 Author Report Posted May 15, 2007 Damn, I was going to say FOD killed your seal but got here too late. Actually most of the bike we get with bad RH seals are because of failed RH crank bearings that cut up the seal. Your case is "special". The reason you did not kill your gears is because all that FOD is Aluminum and the gears are case hardened steel. I would be more worried about bearings at this point. Sometimes they just fail but clutch chatter will do it. Did you by chance grind on your basket to smooth the grooves in it? We se this a bunch and this is the EXACT outcome of it. What happens is plates don't get loaded equally, one breaks, pieces lodge in the basket sideways and it all crumbles. We call this justification for modification. Time for some billet!! Brandon damn man, im already is 75 for new seals and bearings. I was guna get a new (used) stock setup with the hub and everything for 150. U really think i need to go billet?? Im kinda scrapin for cash but i dont want this to happen anytime soon.... and no, i have not touched the basket since i owned the bike... By the way, more pics in the images section... Quote
fastbanshee8 Posted May 15, 2007 Report Posted May 15, 2007 damn man, im already is 75 for new seals and bearings. I was guna get a new (used) stock setup with the hub and everything for 150. U really think i need to go billet?? Im kinda scrapin for cash but i dont want this to happen anytime soon....and no, i have not touched the basket since i owned the bike... By the way, more pics in the images section... You do what you want/can afford, but a new billet basket, and clutch would be cheaper in the long run. Quote
87sheerips Posted May 15, 2007 Author Report Posted May 15, 2007 You do what you want/can afford, but a new billet basket, and clutch would be cheaper in the long run. true that, but u know how it is when this shit starts to add up! I guess im not in the stock power range anymore, and should fork it over for the nice shit... Quote
blowit Posted May 15, 2007 Report Posted May 15, 2007 damn man, im already is 75 for new seals and bearings. I was guna get a new (used) stock setup with the hub and everything for 150. U really think i need to go billet?? Im kinda scrapin for cash but i dont want this to happen anytime soon....and no, i have not touched the basket since i owned the bike... By the way, more pics in the images section... No, you can get away with stock replacement stuff. The billets will keep this from happening though. If you are strapped, no biggy on just going back with stock gear. You may have just had a weak spot in the casting. Probably just one of those "lucky" things. Brandon Quote
swrbansheeboy Posted May 15, 2007 Report Posted May 15, 2007 i see this so often, guy's breking something then scrambling to get it fixed by "the next ride" and end up going with something less than what they originaly had in mind. it may sound un-thinkable but sometimes it's just better to leave the bike home and go down to party then come back and fix it the way you wanna instead of pulling your hair out to get it fixed in the nick of time just to get there in time. sometimes slow and easy wins the race in the long run...i just found out the end of one of my tranny shafts is fu-bar'ed in my bike and i could probably get it stripped down and back up in a day and $150 but theres some other crap wanna do while it's down so i'm just gonna sit it out for a trip or two and get it done right instead of rushing through it just to kick myself for half assing it just to get it running right now... Quote
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