water in primary again!

[finallly]

Holy *$#?!** after replacing my clutch acouple weeks ago due too water in the primary, I took the inpection cover of yesterday (prob put aprox500km on bike since replacing) and there was white jizz all over the cover leaned bike over and oil is milky but nowhere near as bad as it looked when clutch got cooked. havent ridden in the rain but bike was parked at work during pretty heavy downpour my clutch adj boot is damaged so I graesed it and wrapped it with self bonding spider tape I'm going to get a new one in a couple days and I will replace damaged one graese and clamp new one I love this bike but I live in Canada "short riding season and rain is a fact of life here" am I on the write track to solving this problem or is it going to cost me a quart of primary oil every time the bike is near water. as usual all advice is really apprecieated

 

[Sirius815]

You should be just fine after that. [up]

 

[vve are the end]

I agree with Sirius, but did you replace the gasket last time you took off the inspection cover?If not, you may be getting some water in there.

 

[s0dhi]

How long are you riding for? Could it be a case of not getting the primary oil hot enough to evaporate out the condensation? Short rides can lead to this issue as well.

 

[gbalias]

what kind of oil are you using in there.


theres a small possibility its getting frothy too

 

[go cytocis]

Even once you have the clutch cable adjuster boot sealed-up, there's still the top end of the clutch cable, the inspection cover gasket (as mentioned above), clutch adjustment cover, & shifter shaft seal that remain weak spots to water infiltration.

In my experience, a heavy rain is all it takes to get water in the primary unless you've addressed all these areas. Also the primary fluid simply will never get warm enough to properly burn-off moisture once it's contaminated the primary case.