My 1989 gpz600r Gear changer oil seal.. Just some advice please!
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My 1989 gpz600r Gear changer oil seal.. Just some advice please!
I need to change my gear changer oil seal on my 1989 gpz600r .. Ive been told to get the old one out you just pull it out and then simply replace it, how ever there is a metal washer type thing in the way? Does anyone know if I need to just pull that out the way or do I have to take the casing off to get to the back of the seal? If nobody understands what im talking about I might take a pic! Cheers,
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I think you are looking at part of the seal, rather than a washer. I've been wrong before.
You're seeing something like this when you look at the shift shaft at the seal:
That's the seal. The original may look different than the replacement in composition, yet works just as well as it performs as the original does.
Some hooked devices help pulling that seal out, along with small screw drivers, punches, nails and patience. If you don't have any hooked tools, devise one. Improvise. Adapt. Overcome. You're gonna wreck what's left, expect the oil seal to be beat and mangled when you get it out.
CAREFUL not to mar the shaft or the the housing the new seal will set in, unless you are OK with leaks. And if that's the case, just leave the leaking seal you have in there.
Replacing with the new seal is the easy part.....I use a socket to tap the seal into place. Note where the original seal sets in the housing and stop tapping the new seal in when you reach that point.
Lean that bike over hard to the right against a wall or something or drain the oil, or you might be dealing with a small oil flood when you are trying to get that old seal out. Life is hard enough without dealing with things like that. And get a can of brake clean and treat the area you are working on like you would if you were performing surgery. Fighting grit and grime complicates things. Get rid of it. A light coat of ATF or WD40 on the shifter shaft afterwards won't hurt in trying to work that seal off the shaft. Don't be shy about asking questions once you go in. On a scale of 1-10, your project is a 3 on the difficulty scale.
You're seeing something like this when you look at the shift shaft at the seal:
That's the seal. The original may look different than the replacement in composition, yet works just as well as it performs as the original does.
Some hooked devices help pulling that seal out, along with small screw drivers, punches, nails and patience. If you don't have any hooked tools, devise one. Improvise. Adapt. Overcome. You're gonna wreck what's left, expect the oil seal to be beat and mangled when you get it out.
CAREFUL not to mar the shaft or the the housing the new seal will set in, unless you are OK with leaks. And if that's the case, just leave the leaking seal you have in there.
Replacing with the new seal is the easy part.....I use a socket to tap the seal into place. Note where the original seal sets in the housing and stop tapping the new seal in when you reach that point.
Lean that bike over hard to the right against a wall or something or drain the oil, or you might be dealing with a small oil flood when you are trying to get that old seal out. Life is hard enough without dealing with things like that. And get a can of brake clean and treat the area you are working on like you would if you were performing surgery. Fighting grit and grime complicates things. Get rid of it. A light coat of ATF or WD40 on the shifter shaft afterwards won't hurt in trying to work that seal off the shaft. Don't be shy about asking questions once you go in. On a scale of 1-10, your project is a 3 on the difficulty scale.
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