Oil leaking from tacho drive

dreadmanbastard · #1 PostAuthor: **dreadmanbastard** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:37 pm

hi ,me again. Go a slow leak of oil from my tacho drive. It has been there a while but i had no tacho cable , i thought installing one (cable) would fix the problem but it hasent. its not from the seam made between the engine casing and the body of the drive it seems to leak out the tip, is it meant to for oiling the tacho cable? xept its dripping on my pipes which then smoke like a bxxxxxd. its going for mot soon aswell and id rather it was on top form. any ideas?? i tried instant gasket on the engine/drive seam.

wilsonsjw11 · #2 PostAuthor: **wilsonsjw11** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:41 pm

Dread
Theres an oil seal in the head where the drive exits and also an o ring on the drive shaft itself,both parts available for Z power
Regards
Steve

hillbilly · #3 PostAuthor: **hillbilly** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:56 pm

i put a plastic plug on one of mine once ,it stopped leak,the kind that saves threads on hydraulics. :wink:

Steve R · #4 PostAuthor: **Steve R** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 1:04 pm

As Wilson said, seal and o ring, 5 minute job, undo bolt holding drive unit to head, this then pulls straight out and then apart, easy and obvious how to change the o ring and seal then back in!

dreadmanbastard · #5 PostAuthor: **dreadmanbastard** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:27 pm

thanks guys, easy peasy!

Pigford · #6 PostAuthor: **Pigford** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:09 pm

I've got a nice Goodridge anodise alloy tacho blanking piece :twisted:

No leaks & it looks the dogz :wink:

Rich · #7 PostAuthor: **Rich** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:22 pm

When it starts to leak again put a fibre washer between the cable flange and the drive housing, keeps the oil in the cable :wink:

the condensation rusts the cable out eventually :cry:

Piggy - made me own and it's counter bored to save weight : :lol:

Oil leaking from tacho drive

Oil leaking from tacho drive

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