This is an odd question, but here goes. 1 yr owner of a used cruiser, I'm in Cali, bought it with 40k in Lynchburg Virginia from a family friend. Had it thoroughly checked out prior to purchase, and again recently by Gary Kardum at Mudrak custom cruisers in napa, clean bill of health no probs etc etc.
Last weekend, put on all my OME goodies and extended some breathers and found a few things. First off, the entire underside of this thing is coated in a layer of black tar grease crap, I noticed this before, just not really the extent of how filthy it is. It was never wheeled by the PO,, but will be by me.
No leaks on my driveway, no drips, have had it one year, I do see some spray leakage type stuff around the drive shaft in the middle of the rig, behind the center dif. as if pressure has sprayed some stuff out the sides a little. Like stuff shot sideways and burnt itself onto the muffler section behind the 2nd cat. Also there does seem too be some slight ooze out of this center dif as well. right where the seal would be, where the 2 halves come together. pardon the terminology, my fsm I just bought is at home and I'm a little green on the mechanic side.
I'm thinking about having the underside cleaned, (steam?) as it looks like a heck of a messy job that would gum up my driveway permanently, so I can isolate where the filth is coming from. Or coud it have been some fresh road/asphalt that the PO drove on. Seems if there was a leak that could cause this much crud, I'd see some drips on my driveway in the past year.
any advice? it's a 97
Last weekend, put on all my OME goodies and extended some breathers and found a few things. First off, the entire underside of this thing is coated in a layer of black tar grease crap, I noticed this before, just not really the extent of how filthy it is. It was never wheeled by the PO,, but will be by me.
No leaks on my driveway, no drips, have had it one year, I do see some spray leakage type stuff around the drive shaft in the middle of the rig, behind the center dif. as if pressure has sprayed some stuff out the sides a little. Like stuff shot sideways and burnt itself onto the muffler section behind the 2nd cat. Also there does seem too be some slight ooze out of this center dif as well. right where the seal would be, where the 2 halves come together. pardon the terminology, my fsm I just bought is at home and I'm a little green on the mechanic side.
I'm thinking about having the underside cleaned, (steam?) as it looks like a heck of a messy job that would gum up my driveway permanently, so I can isolate where the filth is coming from. Or coud it have been some fresh road/asphalt that the PO drove on. Seems if there was a leak that could cause this much crud, I'd see some drips on my driveway in the past year.
any advice? it's a 97
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