I have a 1995 Honda CB750 Nighthawk that I use for everything from running errands in town to climbing dirt roads in the mountains. Somehow the chain picked up a plastic grocery bag and wrapped it tightly around the countershaft and it wrecked the seal. So now oil seeps out around the countershaft onto the sprocket and onto the chain, and the chain drips oil like the old Harleys I rode in the 1960's. It gave the chain a good cleaning and oiling, but it loses a quart of oil every 50 miles or so.
My Honda service manual (page 9-3) says that you have to take the engine out of the frame to remove the countershaft bearing cover with the seals. It looks to me like I should be able to remove the countershaft bearing cover and replace the seals, gaskets, O-rings, etc. without removing the engine from the frame. In fact, it looks like I should be able to replace the outer oil seal without even removing the countershaft bearing cover. So I have a couple of crucial questions for anyone who has replaced these seals before: 1. Can I remove the countershaft bearing cover and replace the countershaft oil seals without taking the engine out of the frame? 2. Can I replace the outer seal without even removing the countershaft bearing cover? Is that likely to stop the oil leak? 3. Where is the best place to find the part numbers I need and order the parts? I would greatly appreciate learning the facts from someone who has done this before. If you reply, please copy it to my e-mail address, [email protected] Thank you, Skip Wade [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
