Suspected timing shaft oil seal leak

yellowfever · 24-08-2024, 08:38 PM

Thanks for photo tips Gazza, I will try that.

On leak, no fork leg leak. I was previously suspecting the under strain oil line (and have new o rings, washers etc ready to go) but pretty sure it’s not that now. Will swap lines over inspect everything etc when I do oil change in any case, but I think it’s coming from a bit higher up hence suspecting timing shaft seal. When I took belt covers off it did seem oil was were I’d expect it to be if that seal had failed. Matches up with photos in a thread I found on timing shaft seal failure.

https://www.ducati.ms/threads/oil-le...t-seal.128952/

But I may be getting into confirmation bias!

Anyway back to trying to get the other damn screw out then I’m in a position to check the seal…

24-08-2024, 08:38 PM	#16
yellowfever Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London Bike: S2r 1000 Posts: 251	Thanks for photo tips Gazza, I will try that. On leak, no fork leg leak. I was previously suspecting the under strain oil line (and have new o rings, washers etc ready to go) but pretty sure it’s not that now. Will swap lines over inspect everything etc when I do oil change in any case, but I think it’s coming from a bit higher up hence suspecting timing shaft seal. When I took belt covers off it did seem oil was were I’d expect it to be if that seal had failed. Matches up with photos in a thread I found on timing shaft seal failure. https://www.ducati.ms/threads/oil-le...t-seal.128952/ But I may be getting into confirmation bias! Anyway back to trying to get the other damn screw out then I’m in a position to check the seal…