Blown a seal ?

[Nick JacksonMember]

I have just got back from a quick 4 hour ride with 3 other mates. :woohoo:

It was a fast ride and I had a few clutch issues in the worst possible spot, fast downhill 3 ft erosion mounds and the clutch lever is floppy and the clutch is slipping badly. :ohmy:
I made it to the bottom and found out one of the cable cleats was bent over and looking to be hindering the clutch. I bent it back back and thought all was good, :woohoo:

next on the start to some slippery singles my clutch lever goes stiff :angry: so we stop and find a stone has got under the clutch arm , I removed it and I noticed an oil leak, we road home and on closer inspection it was leaking around the spline,

I am assuming the pressure from the stone onto the arm has damaged the seal.

Does anyone know how big a job it is to replace this seal and if it could be done by a reasonably compitant trailrider??? :unsure:

Any advice appreciated

Nickj

[Nick JacksonMember]

Bike is a2008 Drz400e

[GregMember]

Nick you sure its the seal, the rock didnt crack the case when jammed, only ask cause I have seen it before :dry:

I am only guessing but like an XR, the right side clutch cover will need to come of, then release the pressure plate bolts and the pressure plate cover. Remove the arm from the shaft but mark its postion in relation to one another so you get the arm back on the spline in exactly the same spot. Remove the arm rotate the shaft till you can lift it out. Carefully remove the seal with a small screw driver. Clean it all up carefully to not get any crap in the open hole and fit the new seal with a smallish hammer and a socket that is the same diameter as the outside of the seal.

Reverse the procedure and happy days

(This is an I think from looking at pictures :huh: )

TB

[Nick JacksonMember]

Trailboss wrote:

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Nick you sure its the seal, the rock didnt crack the case when jammed, only ask cause I have seen it before :dry:

I am only guessing but like an XR, the right side clutch cover will need to come of, then release the pressure plate bolts and the pressure plate cover. Remove the arm from the shaft but mark its postion in relation to one another so you get the arm back on the spline in exactly the same spot. Remove the arm rotate the shaft till you can lift it out. Carefully remove the seal with a small screw driver. Clean it all up carefully to not get any crap in the open hole and fit the new seal with a smallish hammer and a socket that is the same diameter as the outside of the seal.

Reverse the procedure and happy days

(This is an I think from looking at pictures :huh: )

TB

The oil is definatly coming from around the shaft TB , I’m glad to say!!

Thanks for the info on getting to the seal, it sounds like its not too big a job

[Bruce CurtisMember]

Usually a straight forward job as TB said, haven’t met one that gives any sort of grief yet

[dennis da menaceMember]

ive never blown a seal….

but i kissed one at SeaWorld :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[Nick JacksonMember]

It was only a matter of time

[john morganMember]

I`ve replaced this seal recently due to a piece of stick jamming under the arm. Leak was a weep then got worse so I changed it. Fairly easy, found the hardest bit was getting to the screw that holds the retaining washer.An offset screwdriver will help , you may also find the starter motor will piss you off as it seems to want to get in the way. otherwise its straight forward. No need to touch clutch plates etc.from memory I loosened the starter motor bolts to give some room but I think I got pissed off again when I worked out how to do it without doing this.

[Nick JacksonMember]

morgo wrote:

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I`ve replaced this seal recently due to a piece of stick jamming under the arm. Leak was a weep then got worse so I changed it. Fairly easy, found the hardest bit was getting to the screw that holds the retaining washer.An offset screwdriver will help , you may also find the starter motor will piss you off as it seems to want to get in the way. otherwise its straight forward. No need to touch clutch plates etc.from memory I loosened the starter motor bolts to give some room but I think I got pissed off again when I worked out how to do it without doing this.

You are spot on Morgo the starter motor is a pain in the ar#e and why they didn’t just have the retaining screw on the opposite side is anyones quess??
But apart from that it’s pretty straight forward.

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