skrapiron -FSO
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After a long ride on Friday, I parked the bike and went in the house for a few hours.
When I came out later that evening, I found a small puddle of oil under the engine on the garage floor.
I mopped it up and then tried to find the source.
On both engine case housings, the bolts were loose. Not terribly loose, but around 1/4 turn loose... I snugged them up and kept poking around.
I found the oil was comming from the speedometer cable, where it connects into transmission case.
I cleaned it up, then took the cable off and inspected it.
The spindle was oily as was the interior of the cable. I cleaned them both out, then snugged it back down.
Well, after riding to work and back again, I found that the speedo cable was again wet with oil. Not soaked like last time and it wasn't dripping on the floor. But it was comming up through there none the less.
I don't think this is normal. Is it? If not, what should I look into to fix it?
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