Cam Shaft Oil Seal

islanddave · Posted: June 27, 2009, 10:57 am Post subject: Cam Shaft Oil Seal

Hello,

Can this seal be replaced with the engine in the bike, and without disassembly of the rocker box from the head?

Thanks

Dave

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islanddave · Posted: June 27, 2009, 11:55 am Post subject: Re: Cam Shaft Oil Seal

Would you put some 3 bond on the seal during reassembly? I think this might lubricate the seal enough to slip it in? God that sounded horrible didn't it! LOL

Thanks Dave

xsjohn · Posted: June 27, 2009, 12:03 pm Post subject: Re: Cam Shaft Oil Seal

Had a stubborn cam seal on mine a few years ago.......even a new seal and it liked to leak a bit..........used a larger stiffer spring from a fork seal bending the ends out and hooking the ends together and making it the same size.......never leaked again..........

xsjohn

Retiredgentleman · Posted: June 27, 2009, 2:35 pm Post subject: Re: Cam Shaft Oil Seal

islanddave;
I used 3 bond 1104 on the oil seal when I installed it into the camshaft housing. It worked well for me, no leaks! You can see some 3 bond in the picture.

islanddave · Posted: June 27, 2009, 10:11 pm Post subject: Re: Cam Shaft Oil Seal

Thanks guys...................I completely forgot how that seal goes in, as its been about 4 years since I did the rebuild. I was confusing the camshaft seal with the lower end oil seals. Thanks for the assembly picture retiredgentleman! I forgot that it went into a housing that attatches to the head.

Dave

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