Leaking rear diff
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Sounds like the pinion seal is starting to go out. Hopefully it's just the seal and it didn't put a grove in your pinion. The cheapest fix would be to drain your the fluid in there now, and go back with a 90w140 weight gear oil and see if the leaking stops or slows down.
To replace the seal, you'd need to remove the yolk which would require a lot of force to remove the nut (it would probably help to have air tools). If you do get it off, then re-torqueing to proper specs without futher crushing the crush coller might be tricky. To make a long story short, after I once botched a ring and pinion gear install, I leave anything that has anything to do with gears up to the professionals, it always works out cheaper for me
I usually take my stuff that I can't handle to Ballistic Motorsports in Houston. They are on the westside of Houston on Brittemore, South of Hamerly if you are from that side of town, I would take it there. Their number is 713-647-9007
To replace the seal, you'd need to remove the yolk which would require a lot of force to remove the nut (it would probably help to have air tools). If you do get it off, then re-torqueing to proper specs without futher crushing the crush coller might be tricky. To make a long story short, after I once botched a ring and pinion gear install, I leave anything that has anything to do with gears up to the professionals, it always works out cheaper for me
I usually take my stuff that I can't handle to Ballistic Motorsports in Houston. They are on the westside of Houston on Brittemore, South of Hamerly if you are from that side of town, I would take it there. Their number is 713-647-9007
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Ahhhh, Hammerly and Britmore. Brings back old memories! Blasting away from Gessner and Hammerly feeling free and having fun (and lit up pretty good I might add)all the way out to Britmore headed north until I turned around at about Clay and realized I had 2 Police cars and a helicopter after me. The way I stopped and got off the bike when I had a lot of open road (back then it was wide open out there) they realized I wasn't running; I just didn't know they were after me. Nice guys, let me off with a 10 MPH over ticket and no proof of insurance after admitting they were running 125 out Brittmore behind me getting a kick out of me admitting I was running 140; hence the helicopter. They were sitting behind the Stop-n-Go at Hammerly and Gessner when they saw me first take off.
No, that was not the Expy. It was a not so stock '78 Suzuki GS750e in the summer of 1983, or so! Here's to memories of dumb *** stunts of youth.
No, that was not the Expy. It was a not so stock '78 Suzuki GS750e in the summer of 1983, or so! Here's to memories of dumb *** stunts of youth.
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I'll second that also. Probally like most of us, I often wonder how I am still alive. Thank you God for watching over me!! Anyway, good to see you around FamilyRide, havent seen too many posts from you lately, I was beginning to wonder if you had traded in the Expy for an Excursion and never bothered to post because there is no traffic on the Excursion forum. Take care