Hi guys... having an issue with oil seeping from the plastic clutch cover. Tried trusty blue hylomar to no avail.
Has anyone found a best solution? ??:
Leaky plastic clutch cover.
Re: Leaky plastic clutch cover.
Do it up kinda loosish. The tighter you do the bolts the more it distorts. Just do the bolts up fingertight with a tiny bit of threadlock.
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Re: Leaky plastic clutch cover.
It's a common fault with all the Suzuki engine related family. From Sv to Raptor, they all get a leak from the clutch cover at some point. It's the plastic that warps.
I've had two SVs with it, and tried various things from undoing the lot and tightening opposite bolts to silicone sealant.
Raptor doesn't do it........yet!
I carry a small kids drink bottle, Fruit Shoot, with Oil if I'm off on a long run for the SV.
I've had two SVs with it, and tried various things from undoing the lot and tightening opposite bolts to silicone sealant.
Raptor doesn't do it........yet!
I carry a small kids drink bottle, Fruit Shoot, with Oil if I'm off on a long run for the SV.
Yellow 2001 SV650s,2002 VRaptor
Your Rapter looks like a sci fi robot dragon! and it breaths fire too! It singed my eye brows and boiled my eyes at the lights! smudge
Your Rapter looks like a sci fi robot dragon! and it breaths fire too! It singed my eye brows and boiled my eyes at the lights! smudge
Re: Leaky plastic clutch cover.
My cover started to leak earlier this year, removed it, glued a sheet of 120 grit to a worktop and lapped it flat. refitted with the original O ring and all is now copacetic. Easy fix, hylomar is good as well but I did not need it on this occasion.
Stay calm.
Re: Leaky plastic clutch cover.
LOL, hadn't heard that word before, are/were you a septic?!
Road racing's where it's at - going round in circles all day is for hamsters.
Re: Leaky plastic clutch cover.
Not a septic, if you mean "septic tank", schooled in Scotland, live in Scotland, technically I am a DEB ( Dirty East coast barsteward), I like "copacetic", cant remember where I picked it up, probably from a movie.
I think jack Kerouac used it it in "On the road". I read a lot.
My clutch cover has Alloy fixing screws, a stone had knocked the head off one of the lower items, this caused a lack of clamping in its section , didnt leak for about 2 years. having owned brit bikes all my life i am well used to dealing with oil leaks!
Plastic covers, not a fan, but I suppose they are cheap and light. Cheap / light / strong, pick two out of the three, this rule applies to all bike stuff.
I think jack Kerouac used it it in "On the road". I read a lot.
My clutch cover has Alloy fixing screws, a stone had knocked the head off one of the lower items, this caused a lack of clamping in its section , didnt leak for about 2 years. having owned brit bikes all my life i am well used to dealing with oil leaks!
Plastic covers, not a fan, but I suppose they are cheap and light. Cheap / light / strong, pick two out of the three, this rule applies to all bike stuff.
Stay calm.