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Old Sep 10, 2016 | 04:13 PM
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Changed it again, and it still leaks.
Anyone else have this problem?
 
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What did you change?
 
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What did you change?
The gasket.
 
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Old Sep 10, 2016 | 10:13 PM
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Is that from the primary gasket, or is that leak coming from the inner primary seal and running down to the bottom of the primary?
 
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Originally Posted by baloot-boy
Is that from the primary gasket, or is that leak coming from the inner primary seal and running down to the bottom of the primary?
I'm not sure, I guess it could be the inner primary gasket.

The thing leaked a little over the past several months, and the other day it was dropping a small puddle. So, I changed the primary gasket, and now it still leaks. Hard to tell where it's coming from.
 
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Originally Posted by Road Star
I'm not sure, I guess it could be the inner primary gasket.

The thing leaked a little over the past several months, and the other day it was dropping a small puddle. So, I changed the primary gasket, and now it still leaks. Hard to tell where it's coming from.
Run your hand behind the inner primary...if there's oil, that's where it's coming from.
 
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Judging from the wet on that frame tube it's inner primary seal or the tranny seal giving it up, not a gasket leaking bud.
 
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Judging from the wet on that frame tube it's inner primary seal or the tranny seal giving it up, not a gasket leaking bud.
Damn, that sounds like a lot of work. Will this require removing the engine and trans?
 
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You won't have to remove anything from the frame. The primary will need to be completely disassembled and the loose rubber replaced. It'd be a good idea to check things over good too. A lot of the time a bad bearing is what causes a seal to leak.
 
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I had my Indy replace my Shift Shaft seal. Was about $100 labor.
 
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