| Author | Message | ||
     Paul_in_japan |
About a year ago today, i discovered i had a leaking rear shock. Buell guy says, "cant be fixed" but i find a shop that can fix, "cant be fixed" type rear shocks (for $180) and Im all good until today. Now its leaking again. Now I have a theory that the combination of the freezing rear shock (-4C over night) and the hot engine are too blame.Perhaps the hot engine cooks the gas canister while its idling for 5-10mins, and the frozen seals cant deal with the sudden change in temp. Anyone had a leaking rear shock in winter? I dont know what to do now. I cant really afford to buy a penske or an Ohlins. | ||
| Spacecapsule1 |
yep, mine just started leaking too, not bad, just oil covering the base of the shock, like a mist. i'll let you know what the dealer says. most likely they'll say its okay. | ||
| Zoedogg1 |
Seals get hard and dont work so well in the cold. They can get brittle and break also. I avoid touching my bike in the extreme cold due to this. It happens on cars too all the time. The Cold is the Motorcycles/cars enemy. They can stop leaking on their own when it warms up, but not if you break/fracture the seal. | ||
| Paul_in_japan |
I can imagine that the bikes dont like the cold but none of my other bikes have had this problem. Maybe i have a bad rear shock, surely other people ride in colder weather than I do. No other rear shock leaks out there? | ||
| Jeffroj |
Last night I noticed mine had a light covering of oil on the piston rod. I rode to work yesterday and it was around 32F, rode home from a friends last night, about the same temp. Started looking over my bike and then found it, it was like I got a little overspray of wd40 on it. So this is normal in these temps? Because I am getting embarrassed every time I go back to the dealership for another thing breaking. The funny thing is that they not only know my name when I walk in the door, they can spell my last name, I had teachers that could't spell my last name! They even recommended me to look into the extended warranty, and I still have over a year until my original warranty runs out! | ||
| Paul_in_japan |
Mine is more than a mist. Ive got a sticky puddle on the swing arm where it drips off the bottom of the shock. I think your spray/mist might be ok. I definately have a problem. | ||
| Xbmacon |
Funny, (well not so funny)I just found the same thing as you Paul. We had a 20 degree day with a killer windchill. I rode to work and home, now I have a quarter size puddle, some on the swingarm and on the shockshaft. | ||
| Frosty |
I have an '07 xb9r rear shock for sale 200 miles on it, I lowered my bike w/ an Scg rear shock |
