green slime coming from drive shaft

[Draddy]

any tips on how to fix this? looks like transmission fluid, leaks directly out of where the drive shaft meets the engine.

Thanks for your help!

[chuck hahn]

You need to drop the rear wheel, seperate the final drive, remove the boot and drive shaft. Youll see 4 bolts on the flange. Remove the bolts and slowly and carefully remove the gear. Theres a seal in there ( usually an Oring ) thats leaking. youll need to pry gently all around the flange and twist on the gear at the same time to coax it off. Darin the final drive oil, primary oil and inspect the final drive and splinbe while its all apart . That will get a lot of the drive train inspection and main tenance out of the way. It may even help to drop the swingarm to give even more working room if you need it.

[mighty13d]

wet gear oil

[Nessism]

Yup, gear oil. Secondary reduction gear seal is mostly leaking.

[Draddy]

You need to drop the rear wheel, seperate the final drive, remove the boot and drive shaft. Youll see 4 bolts on the flange. Remove the bolts and slowly and carefully remove the gear. Theres a seal in there ( usually an Oring ) thats leaking. youll need to pry gently all around the flange and twist on the gear at the same time to coax it off. Darin the final drive oil, primary oil and inspect the final drive and splinbe while its all apart . That will get a lot of the drive train inspection and main tenance out of the way. It may even help to drop the swingarm to give even more working room if you need it.

awesome, thank you for all the help.

I'd love to do just this, do you know where to find which parts I would need? honestly, I'm okay just purchasing a ton of new parts to throw in... in 30 years I'm sure it wouldn't hurt to just replace everything.

specifically what size oring do I need to buy and replace to stop the leak?

[chuck hahn]

Dont know the exact size...check the parts schematics..In any case its not gonna magically get in there. Just tear it down and go get the oring.

[BassCliff]

Hi,

I'd love to do just this, do you know where to find which parts I would need?

I buy a lot of stuff from here:

http://www.partshark.com/custompage.asp?pg=suzukiparts

Click on the year of your bike, click the model, Click the big red "Find Your OEM Parts" button, and surf the fiche.

There are a lot more vendors to choose from in your "mega-welcome".

What bike do you have anyway?


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

[Draddy]

Hi,



I buy a lot of stuff from here:

http://www.partshark.com/custompage.asp?pg=suzukiparts

Click on the year of your bike, click the model, Click the big red "Find Your OEM Parts" button, and surf the fiche.

There are a lot more vendors to choose from in your "mega-welcome".

What bike do you have anyway?


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

Cliff thanks again for your help, you're all over this forum. I have a GS850 that I finally got jetted properly, replaced tires, cleaned the carb and fuel system, new plugs.

All I have to do now is fix this leak, and replace the strator and SA, or RA or whatever it's called, and the bike will be golden.

It starts instantly with a single button push without choke. It's a blast to ride.


pictures can be found here: http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...d.php?t=177910

Oh yeah, and the clutch is slipping unfortunately, so I guess I have to replace that as well.

[Nessism]

Draddy,

If you use the Advanced Search feature (hint: use the "title only" feature and search on key words) you can find TONS of good info here on how to best fix your bike. For example: check the charging system before you go off replacing expensive parts which may not need changing. Same goes for a slipping clutch; most of the time all you need is new OE springs and a clutch cover gasket.

Good luck and hope you get that bike sorted soon.

[Draddy]

Thanks for all your help guys.

After reviewing some more, it's actually not on the final drive side... it's on the boot side towards the engine.

if you look at this leak, it's where the boot (5) meet the main piece (1), around 8.

http://www.partshark.com/fiche_section_detail.asp?section=95201&category=Motorcycles&make=SUZUKI&year=1980&fveh=2142

I can replace piece 8 no problem, but what is the green slime? where's it coming from?