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Title: No DAR, but oil?
Post by: Colonel Nikolai on December 05, 2010, 04:31:53 AM

I removed the alternator on the 885 Sprint to check on the DAR. She was tight as a drum! Yay! But some oil spilled out of the alternator hole. Is this normal?

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Also the bushings looked good but were quite wet! Is that normal?

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Post by: Mustang on December 05, 2010, 01:54:43 PM

perfectly normal

grease the snot out of the oring when you push the alternator back in to reduce the risk of pinching/cutting the oring .
if you do tear the oring it will leak oil and you will think it's the clutch pushrod or shifter seal :oops:

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Post by: aeronca on December 05, 2010, 02:09:10 PM

Quote from: "Mustang"perfectly normal

grease the snot out of the oring when you push the alternator back in to reduce the risk of pinching/cutting the oring .
if you do tear the oring it will leak oil and you will think it's the clutch pushrod or shifter seal :oops:

listen to him - im on #3 o-ring :oops:

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Post by: Colonel Nikolai on December 05, 2010, 03:18:54 PM

I have a spare o-ring. Should I use that now or use it only if this one leaks?

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Post by: Mustang on December 05, 2010, 04:17:17 PM

if it's not stretched out ......reuse it!

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Post by: Colonel Nikolai on December 05, 2010, 05:10:13 PM

Quote from: "Mustang"if it's not stretched out ......reuse it!

Cool, thanks guys! Will do!

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Post by: Colonel Nikolai on February 01, 2011, 04:29:56 AM

Alternator side looks good, too. Tight as a drum:

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Warm up and no oil leaks on the o-ring:

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Post by: nightrunner on February 02, 2011, 07:40:48 AM

I had a problem pinching those O-rings. I ordered a pack from McMaster-Carr that were a bit smaller and thus fit a bit tighter. No problems since.

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Post by: jwray76 on February 02, 2011, 01:41:00 PM

that is one purty steamer...makes me want one in the garage next to my Girly!

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Post by: Colonel Nikolai on February 02, 2011, 03:36:47 PM

Purty? She's actually not fully clothed: somewhere around here those silly airbox panels are laying around.

I think reusing the existing o-ring is what saved me. I also spent quite a bit of time rubbing any particle of anything off the mating surfaces before putting grease on them and finally putting it all back together. Neither bikes have the DAR. For that I'm thankful.

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