I knew I was burning gear oil!

[PE175]

Link to picture

I opened her up and the seal was just sitting in there like that. No wonder it was running like crap.

 

[cr2504life]

Its nice to know what the problem is as soon as you take it apart. lol

 

[JasonWho]

PE175, what bike is that picture from?? Also, do you have a rubber boot over the kickstart knuckle on your PE175? If so, can you take a picture of it for me? Thanks.

 

[PE175]

PE175, what bike is that picture from?? Also, do you have a rubber boot over the kickstart knuckle on your PE175? If so, can you take a picture of it for me? Thanks.

The pic is from the YZ125.
I don't have the rubber boot, sorry, in fact I am looking for a new kicker for the ol 175.

 

[JasonWho]

Jeff Fredette used to recommend putting a PE175 rubber boot on the kickstart knucle to keep dirt out. That is what got me curious. Thanks anyway, though!

 

[David Trustrum]

Nice. I remember buying an engine (TS125 as it happens) many years ago for a playbike transplant from this guy who assures me it was rebuilt by a reputable shop. It was v.cheap & I lifted the head to see no seizures & honed barrel so bought it.

Not being hugely trusting I pulled it a bit further apart & found circlip-pliers ring type circlips on the Piston, Hmm don’t think those will last at 9000rpm. Pull the flywheel & -oh looky -I can see the bearing (no seal), . . but they’ve left the bearing dust seal in, maybe they thought that would suffice. Maybe that’s why it didn’t start & they sold it.

Built by a reputable shop? Yeah sure buddy. Time to delve deeper, main bearings aren’t C3, gearbox selector shaft a sloppy fit so needs bushing so it will shift properly. At least it was cheap & I wasn’t some poor kid who couldn’t fix it.


Another funny story was my RZ350 roadbike was gaining gearbox oil. Heck I’ve overfilled the gearbox! What a Klutz, how did I do that? Then it happened again. What the?? Pull cover off & the auto 2 stroke pump’s seal had fallen out allowing the contents of the reservoir to slowly trickle into the gearbox. I glued the seal back in place.

 

[JasonWho]

Wow, what a nice seller. :-(