Output shaft(ed)
My AT output shaft is pretty worn and losing some oil. I am keen to know the implications of riding the bike and keeping the oil topped up. The bike is a battered veteran on its last legs but possibly up for one final trip to the west of Africa - possibly another 2500 miles.
The big question is what will happen to the output shaft and for how long can you keep going?
It's difficult to give a real leakage rate but somewhere around 1L every 400-500 miles would be about right. Sounds a bit noisier too - occasional grinding/clanking on a bad day!
I had a similar failure on an Enfield Bullet some years ago - it just got noisier, slower and leaked worse.
Any advice would be much appreciated. Can I keep it going for a little longer?
Cheers.
Matt
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