LouSiana searched through lots of other 'zuki cable sets and discovered the correct stock OEM Suzuki seal running under part number 34943-11030 for $2.74 plus shipping.   This ring lip seal has eluded us for years but it is now found and identified.



Part number 34943-11030 ring lip seal for $2.74

http://www.bikebandit.com/search?q=34943-11030

"TACH CABLE OIL"

Is that the right part? I don't see an image.

Hiho and thanks for your replies!

I don't think it's a matter of luck getting rid of oil marks that way.
All the proposals may work as well (O-Ring, rubber coated washer), but if the original seal doesn't work what it is for, you should not blame that ring seal.

As Oldfeller pointed out, the reason of leaking and destroying the lip of the seal may be roughness, corrosion or radial play, he called it oscillation. Which might be as well as de-centered action, maybe from unexact make.

There are many S40 or Savage's that do not leak, even if there's nothing like an O-Ring or the "Simmerring" as it is called here in Germany. My Engine in the sidecar-Savage does not and my "Solo" doesn't, too. Just like others I know of and also know, they have no seal mounted.

Others wonder and complain about remarkable amounts of oil leaking down from the cylinder head cover. Panic!! Mostly then the oil crawled up in the speedo cable and does not know where to go then with reason.
If the speedo is oil stained from the underside and one remarks oil reflow flom the speedo cable it's easy to explain.

This little a**hole  )) goes away and often got lost every second attempt to take off the fuel tank.

Maybe it's a difference in the clearing of the speedo-shaft in the engine case if it will leak or not without sealing and maybe there are differences how the oil gets out of the gear shaft bearings. The lubrication of the speedo drive shaft is more random from oil drops flying around in the case and not fed from the oil gallery.

Hope you get me right, I'm not a native speaker of the english language. So I beg your pardon!

Regards, Lou

Hihi thanks in advance!  

Most of the parts I need I get from Netherlands, CMSL or another fellow friend, who made up one of our german Savage-forum.
There, I must confess, I got that hint to this item. (As we say here, it's not grown on my own dung heap...)

This sealing ring is used in many other bikes, that way the number seems odd compared to the "24B0xxx" numbers for the S40 or Savage. Anyway, if it does what it is made for, I don't complain!

By CMSL it is called "Oil seal" (they have their shop in english, too) but usually it is called "Simmering" here (that's Jargon, the right description would be "Shaft Sealing" = Wellendichtring).
You even may get such sealings here in some shops dealing with ball bearings and other machine parts like hydraulic assemblies and so on.
It's easier here because we have all that stuff in metric measures (and don't we both may get crazy if we ecounter things in the respectively "wrong" measure? Inch based tools and bolts and so on are here something like a challenge, maybe metric stuff is the same at your site. Sure you got the Idea!) and those things have their defined and standardized measure. Inner diameter, outer diameter, thickness. There may be other outer diameter measures for 7mm shafts for example, but they often compare with measures from ball bearings, saving machining time. I believe, that won't be new to you, hm? ;o))

Anyway: If Suzuki refuses that sealing in their part listings for the S40 and Savage, you know to beat them now!

Oh-um... I think I get you right now. This part is listed in your 'fiches' but the name is corrupted. Aaargh! hihi
Who ever needed 'Cable Oi'l if in case the cable is oil-soaked.

That's different here: The seal is not listed, not shown.
Just looked in the Motofiches (french-german copies of spare parts) and on CMSL.
Not in the tach section, not in the engine case section and also not in the section showing the transmission parts. Lost in translation there, left out here.

I have lost mine twice (taking the tank off to adjust the valves mostly) and had to keep looking way way past $3 worth to find it -- I too will get a spare one as soon as I have an order for something more substantial to cover the shipping charges.

Also stopped by my local Suzuki dealer today.  Not in stock, but no extra charge to have them order one for me.  $2.49 + tax. Will be in next week.  No rush to install as my rubber washer is holding, but wanted to have the correct seal on hand.

Hey Ben I just bought the bonded sealing washer u recommend. Quick question??? Does the metal side of the washer go down against the engine or the rubber side? Tx.