| Author | Message | ||
     Buellicious |
Everybody may already know this and I'm just now catching up. I replaced my primary fluid 2 days ago and to my surprise the fluid was nasty gray. The primary was filled with sludge. I guess when I pressure washed the motor the water must have gotten between the clutch inspection gasket or the primary chain inspection cover. I have learned my lesson for the first time with-out having to pay for it (knock-on-wood) | ||
| Tim |
I would bet condensation is the culprit. Pressure washing is more likely to push the grease out of wheel bearings or find its way into electrical connections, unless you directed the spray at the tranny vent tube. edited by tim on January 04, 2004 | ||
| Nevco1 |
Would like to hear more good and bad experiences with pressure washers. Am thinking about buying one and other than the wheel/head bearings and the electrical system have not heard any horror stories. Thanks in advance for your comments. | ||
| Blake |
Been pressure my Buells since '98. Avoid the bearings, electricals, intake, and clutch cable adjuster boot. Not had any problems. | ||
| Hootowl |
Be careful directing high pressure jets of water, or water period for that matter, under the seat. The vent tube for the tranny is right there above the oil tank. It REAL easy to dump a bunch of water down there. Not that I would know from first hand experience. Not me. Nope. I'm not convincing anyone am I... | ||
| Metalstorm |
I guess it would be a good idea to tape off all vents and cover all the electrics first before washing, whether it be pressure wash or normal garden hose wash? | ||
| Nevco1 |
Thanks for the tips. Have enough other uses for the pressure washer that I am going to get one anyway. Am more comfortable now, knowing what not to hit with it. | ||
| Muelclaude |
There is a great product out there called All Bright. It costs about $8. If you start at one end of the bike and go to the other spraying every nook and cranny, especially the motor. Then spay it off with your low pressure garden hose. You will find you will end up with a very clean and showroom smelling bike. This is from experience. ( Do not let the spray dry before hoseing it off.) | ||
| Bearly |
Weird thing, I have not pressure washed my bike since the last time the primary was changed about 18 miles ago. I was changing the tranny and crank case so I just went ahead a blew another 10 bucks on HD liquid gold on the primary. When I took the cover off my mouth hit the floor. The inside of the cover was coated with a thick white goo something like in between sour cream and tofu. The Dealer last serviced it. So either their was water in there when it was put together (very unlikely) or a significant about of water has gotten in there through condensation or riding in the rain. I'll keep an eye on it and change it again soon when I get rich and let you know how it is going. |
