I don't have an old school oil pump gun for the swing arm oil nipple and too tight to buy one so cobbled this together (photo). 15 hours since brimmed and counting.
Got to have laugh when it's too cold for my old bones to be riding.
Does your bike have the spin…
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It has the spin on filter in…
It has the spin on filter in the normal position. I was going to fill through the centre 1/4" UNF bolt hole however as part of my new bush and spindle job I put a pair of ring clamps on the swing arm tube and drilled them for grub screws to improve the pin location. Collectively they are putting a slight load on the swing arm pin since if I try to remove the 1/4" UNF bolt which was finger tight on insertion it now needs a spanner so I am loathe to remove it in case the pin spins slightly and I can't get the bolt back in again.
Part of the problem is the replacement swing arm pin which, although it is threaded both ends to ease removal, it lacks the generous countersink the old one had. The tube in the photo is off a WD40 can and I had to relieve a portion of the circumference of the hole through the centre of the pin with a Dremmel to get that in. The oil is thick and at present temperatures even using the syringe I can't develop enough pressure to increase the flow rate very much.
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No it is in the dirty box…
No it is in the dirty box ahead of oil tank removal. Needs some work to determine if the leak is from the banjo washers or if there is more than one leak.
But, since the filter isn't fitted at present, have you a cunning plan to share?
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Check the bottom mounting…
Check the bottom mounting boss of the oil tank, they crack around it
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The bottom boss is OK, this…
The bottom boss is OK, this is not the first time the oil tank has been taken off the bike. I suspect a pin-hole leak in the return pipe or the brazing which was where the oil appeared to be coming from the first time. Often difficult to tell as the oil migrates all over the place in the slipstream and because it was making such a mess I gave it a rag nappy and let it be for the summer. Given it some thought since for better ways of sealing the tank so I can pressurise it and leak test in water, going to give it another go soon.
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Does your bike have the spin on engine oil filter? If it does where is it?