oil spot under stator cover on 83 gs 1100 ed

[Mick]

assuming bad seal dyna 2000 in place
any tips tricks or tools required greatly appreciated

[tom203]

assuming bad seal dyna 2000 in place
any tips tricks or tools required greatly appreciated

Sitting on bike, stator cover is on left.... Dyna ignition would be on other side. Where is your leak?

[Mick]

Leak is on right ignition pu cover

[tkent02]

Then you have a bad crankshaft seal, it should be dry in there. It can be fixed fairly easily without tearing the engine apart....

[rapidray]

And don't install your new seal BACKWARDS!!!! The black, rubber side, goes INSIDE toward the rods!!!
Ray.

[Mick]

ok Thanks any tricks/tools to extract old seal

[Nessism]

One of my old GS's had a leak that was coming from a crankcase screw. The case sealer had failed in the area of the screw in question and oil ran down the screw hole and out. I didn't want to split the cases so I found a copper washer and threw that on the screw in question, one of the screws holding the crank bearings, and torqued it down to resolve the problem. Reason for sharing this story is to highlight the need to find the source of the leak. Like the others have said it's most likely the crank seal, but don't assume too much.

[jeffgs]

Sounds like someone installed an automatic Harley Davidson chain lubricator on your bike.

[Mick]

Ok I will investigate this thanks

[jwhelan65]

Then you have a bad crankshaft seal, it should be dry in there. It can be fixed fairly easily without tearing the engine apart....

What Tom said