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Tavares
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PostPosted: 18:01 - 01 Apr 2008    Post subject: ER-5 oil leak... Reply with quote
Hi all,

i noticed a patch of oil under my bike this morning, on closer inspection it appears to be coming from behind the front sprocket. Is this likely to be an easy fix? i'm guessing it will be a gasket/seal that needs replacing?
The bike is a 2004 Kawasaki ER-5 with 6700 miles on the clock.

cheers for the help,
Shaun.
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iooi
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PostPosted: 19:26 - 01 Apr 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
Need to take cover off clean it all up and have a look, could be as simple as, if you have just oiled chain and its the excess thats been flung off dripping. Or it could be the oil seal on sprocket shaft gone.
Not got any breathers that vent in that area have you ?
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Tavares
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PostPosted: 19:30 - 01 Apr 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
originally i thought it was coming from the chain so i gave it a good clean which is when i noticed it drip from behind the sprocket.
If its the seal is it a DIY job to replace?

cheers,
Cool
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Tavares
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PostPosted: 20:35 - 12 Apr 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
got this sorted now,

what had happened was i'd got some sort of plastic/polythene stuck behind the sprocket and it had pulled it into the seal damaging the edge.

i can only assume it got stuck to my chain at some point and i didn't spot it Rolling Eyes
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