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Won't return to idle/slight oil seep...
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
I use an old cat litter tray as a catch tray plus an old hand towel underneath to catch any errant drips.
Mikep328:
OK! I'll use one of my darkroom trays!!
Totally unrelated... Ted, the Clown Loach is one of my favorite tropical fish!!
taysidedragon:
Whatever you do, make sure the bike is secure before working on the oil pump. You do not want the bike moving and falling over! If it's not on the centre stand put it in first gear and chock the wheels.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
--- Quote from: Mikep328 on August 12, 2023, 10:21:20 AM ---OK! I'll use one of my darkroom trays!!
Totally unrelated... Ted, the Clown Loach is one of my favorite tropical fish!!
--- End quote ---
Until about five years ago my 5 ft tank had a shoal of 30 or so Clown Loach they are beautiful when young as they swim in a shoal becoming more solitary & nocturnal as adults. I have kept them since I was a boy of 9 or 10 only giving up tropical fishkeeping when the maintenance took up too much time. As you will know they are unusual as they have skin rather than scales. Huge variations in the banding as well.
Your bike will be safer on the center stand at least until your side cover is off & the oil pump bolts partially loosened, if you have an assistant to then take it off the stand & hold it whilst leaning so much safer.
Mikep328:
All good advice re handling the oil - a lot more came out than I was expecting so it was good to have a tray available!!! Pump is off, back at the house and disassembled. All Orings are very flat so I'm assuming the new ones Nurse Julie sent me yesterday - (and arrived today, THANKS!!!) will take care of the seep.
However...and there is always a "however," isn't there? I saw something I do not like. When I disassembled the pump, I found that the center rotor was installed with the alignment dot facing up BUT the outer rotor was installed with the dot facing down. IOW, no way to align the dots to check clearance.
I installed them correctly and checked the clearance, which is well within spec but this little error makes me concerned about all the other work that the (alleged) mechanic performed on the engine. TBF, the engine sounds great and, for that matter, I don't know if the mech that did all the work took the oil pump apart or not. All the engine work was done last year and the Orings on the pump appear much older so no telling when the mismatching of the rotors occurred. Oh well, I'm confident it's OK and I'll mount it back on the bike tomorrow.
Thanks again to everyone!!!
30 clown loaches, WOW! I never had more than three!
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