Final drive leak

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DaveST
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Jun 1, 2007
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Simsbury, Connecticut
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2007 ST1300abs
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6958
I'm not dead sure that seal was leaking but since I had the rear wheel off and it all cleaned up, I replaced the seal. A handy thing to tap it in place was 2 1/2 inch pvc conduit coupler. That was the perfect diameter. Changed out the brake pads while I was at it. Rode it about this afternoon for a bit and it isn't leaking yet. I think I got it.
 
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Also have a final drive leak, but I know what/ how it happened..
I was coming back from a STOC event and heard a loud snap.. Pulled over and saw that my tie down strap had gotten torn off,, I had the excess length of the strap ( typical 1 inch wide nylon strap ) tied up and out of the way, but it had come loose and I thought it had gotten caught under the rear tire, ripped off a hunk and was left in the dust..I saw no other damage and continued my journey home..

Later, I saw my rear tire was flat from a slow leak , and decided to replace the rubber.. good thing.
When I removed the rear wheel, I found about 4-5 feet of the nylon strap had somehow gotten into the rear dive and was tightly coiled up around thee space where the oil seal is . I removed it and did not see any damage other than the wheel was greasy .

Cleaned everything up and went to change the final drive oil and ony about 1 ounce came out.
Filled it back up and a short test ride around the block and it was dripping oil.

I have now pulled the oil seal off, it was a bit looser than I thought it should be as a small pick easily rotated the seal .

Don't see any damage to the oil seal, but it had to be severely compressed by the tie down..
The ball bearing look ok, and turn ok. so I will order the new seal and hope it did no further damage,.
 

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