treitz
XS400 Member
Okay, so the 1979 XS400 that I'm working on has been leaking some oil. I checked it out and it looked like it was coming from inside the sprocket cover on the left side. I removed the cover and it looks like an oil bomb exploded in there. So I think I'm on the right track.
I had a 1979 KZ400 with a similar setup and it had an oil leak from the o-ring around the clutch push rod. I imagine this could be similar, or it could be around the shift rod?
I lost some oil from the engine when I adjusted the valves, and now it's not leaking oil anymore, which makes me think that it's probably one of those two items rather than something toward the bottom of the case where oil would always be sitting.
From your experience, where do you guys think the leak is?
I had a 1979 KZ400 with a similar setup and it had an oil leak from the o-ring around the clutch push rod. I imagine this could be similar, or it could be around the shift rod?
I lost some oil from the engine when I adjusted the valves, and now it's not leaking oil anymore, which makes me think that it's probably one of those two items rather than something toward the bottom of the case where oil would always be sitting.
From your experience, where do you guys think the leak is?