Topica Loopframe_Guzzi Archive


Subject: Re: How much trouble is it to change the front cover gasket?

Author: Don Ivey

Date: Mar 17, 2001, 5:49 PM

Post ID: 1705917998


On 15 Mar 2001, at 9:41, Rich Zink wrote:

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I have a leaky front cover gasket on my Ambassador. Changing it is
going to be my next maintenance chore. Is it fairly straight forward or are
there some gotchas? Looks like it is just drain the oil, pull the generator
belt pully, undo the bolts remove the cover, replace the gasket and reverse.
Might as well replace the seal while I have it off. What is torque value on
the pully nut? Any hints or tricks before I dig in would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Rich

The pulley nut can be a bear. I had to fabricate a holder by drilling
a couple of small holes in a piece of steel plate that would line up
with two of the three small studs around the large pulley nut.
These allowed me to use the plate as an obstruction to keep the
crankshaft from turning as I turned the pulley bolt. Used it again
when retightening the bolt. Not hard to fabricate, and then you
never need another. Good luck,

Don Ivey
'71 Ambo




 
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