lh crank main seal

[Jdwags]

Hi Guys, first of all I'm back... its been a rough 12 -18 months of life... gettin in the way of life..... (hope you understand)

When i so suddenly and sadly disappeared (nothing illegal, just 3 kids one teen, and singleparenthood and a new admin at work)

the mongrel was leakin out the main seal on the left side, making a mess of my left foot when running, (this was Rusty's engine, that had sat under a tarp outside for 15 years)...
it only leaks when it's running..

I got the seal, and it does have a lip on it.. I'm looking at options to not have to split the cases.... After talking with a service tech at the local "motorsport" dealer that actually smile when someone said that i had questions about the xs11.. he was hapy to chat about "that good ol thing"..

He agreed that splitting the case is less than desirable unless absoultly necessary.. and suggested i remove the lip and yamabond it in...

I'm thinking and open to imput, but if i taper the
lip so it gradually increases, i can slip it in,
and it should snap in...

either that or cut channels in it, so there are a few lips that would catch the notch...

Just looking for other ideas, ill take pictures and maybe it will be a good thing for the list of 'fixes".. what do you others think??????
BTW its Great to be BACK!

[xssiveone]

Jeff, welcome back. One of the seals, it must be the right end one, is discontinued. The replacement that Zanotti Motors sent me does not have a lip on it. You might try a local parts store to see if they can match a seal up for you without the lip. Once you get the old one out, pop the new one in and you should be fine.

[strom]

I got both new seals from my yammie dealer, alltho the left one is still leaking a bit.

LP

PS: I split the cases. The good news is, you don't have to take apart the top end to split em.