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Spree crank seal
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Spree crank seal
Do these pictures confirm a leaky seal? Running rough, no power, etc. no leaks on the right side. Will replacing it solve a lot of problems? Is my belt toast as well with all that oil?
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patthesoundguy
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Re: Spree crank seal
Jam-Bro my friend you should be comended for not giving up and tearing into that spree to solve the issues to make it rock on again B-)
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84 Spree stock
84 Spree Dio AF18E MHR Cylinder Arrow Pipe 28mm OKO
80 Express, 47mm DR BBKit, Weak Ends Intake, Boyesen Dual stage reeds, 19mm Delorto carb, MLM pipe
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84 Spree stock
84 Spree Dio AF18E MHR Cylinder Arrow Pipe 28mm OKO
80 Express, 47mm DR BBKit, Weak Ends Intake, Boyesen Dual stage reeds, 19mm Delorto carb, MLM pipe
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84 elite 125 stock
Re: Spree crank seal
I would would love it if it would just so rocked!! Buhuhaaa...
Do u think all that oil is from a bad crank seal?
This whole BBK has been strange. A few of others here have had the same issues with the Taz BBK. I've read others with comp of 90psi and rough running like I had. I want to figure it out. If the crank seals is not the cure, I am looking at the reeds next. Maybe even doing a fresh score of the cyl walls and see if Taz can rustle me up some fresh rings.
Any other ideas are greatly appreciated.
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Do u think all that oil is from a bad crank seal?
This whole BBK has been strange. A few of others here have had the same issues with the Taz BBK. I've read others with comp of 90psi and rough running like I had. I want to figure it out. If the crank seals is not the cure, I am looking at the reeds next. Maybe even doing a fresh score of the cyl walls and see if Taz can rustle me up some fresh rings.
Any other ideas are greatly appreciated.
Thnx
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Sure looks like that oil came from behind the seal. Have you pulled the head to have a look at the bore, its likely fine but anything is possible. I think you replace those seals and you will find the motor will work as it should. Anything is bound to go wrong with stuff like seals and bearing and the like when we go beating on them with a big bore kit when they were already old in the first place. I think my piston pin bearing that is in the end of the connecting rod is toast in my spree. I expect stuff to fail when I start modding 
the reeds are easy to check, you can pull the carb and have a look with a flash light down the intake tube. Or you can pull the reeds off and cut new gaskets. I had a set of reeds get munched in my spree last year and it was a pain in the rear to start but ran fine wot. It sprayed gas out of the carb intake. And when I say munched I mean a big chunk missing from the corner of the reeds it behaved like it was really rich kinda... 
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the reeds are easy to check, you can pull the carb and have a look with a flash light down the intake tube. Or you can pull the reeds off and cut new gaskets. I had a set of reeds get munched in my spree last year and it was a pain in the rear to start but ran fine wot. It sprayed gas out of the carb intake. And when I say munched I mean a big chunk missing from the corner of the reeds it behaved like it was really rich kinda... Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2
Dude! Ya Can't Fix Stupid!
84 Spree stock
84 Spree Dio AF18E MHR Cylinder Arrow Pipe 28mm OKO
80 Express, 47mm DR BBKit, Weak Ends Intake, Boyesen Dual stage reeds, 19mm Delorto carb, MLM pipe
79 Express
85 Aero 80 stock
84 elite 125 stock
84 Spree stock
84 Spree Dio AF18E MHR Cylinder Arrow Pipe 28mm OKO
80 Express, 47mm DR BBKit, Weak Ends Intake, Boyesen Dual stage reeds, 19mm Delorto carb, MLM pipe
79 Express
85 Aero 80 stock
84 elite 125 stock
Re: Spree crank seal
Well mine starts real easy but that is all it does well... Hopefully the seal fixes what ails it and I can enjoy it, instead of working on it. I am thinking of restricting the uni filter a bit to better simulate a stock air box. Hard to get my hands on a lid...
Thnx again Pat. Will report tomorrow if the seal had good results.
Thnx again Pat. Will report tomorrow if the seal had good results.
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Awesome, i would just leave the uni unrestricted for now, because once you have compression it will want all the flow you can get, i ran my express bbk with a stock carb for a bit and any filter i ran gave way too much restriction because the carb was so small
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84 Spree stock
84 Spree Dio AF18E MHR Cylinder Arrow Pipe 28mm OKO
80 Express, 47mm DR BBKit, Weak Ends Intake, Boyesen Dual stage reeds, 19mm Delorto carb, MLM pipe
79 Express
85 Aero 80 stock
84 elite 125 stock
84 Spree stock
84 Spree Dio AF18E MHR Cylinder Arrow Pipe 28mm OKO
80 Express, 47mm DR BBKit, Weak Ends Intake, Boyesen Dual stage reeds, 19mm Delorto carb, MLM pipe
79 Express
85 Aero 80 stock
84 elite 125 stock
Re: Spree crank seal
Hey Pat,
Installed the crank seal. Very easy. That is the good news. Bad news is that it did not make anything better. It's on the chopping block. Got a few interested parties coming to see it this weekend. Getting into an Elite. See how that goes. Thnx for all your help, really appreciated it....
Installed the crank seal. Very easy. That is the good news. Bad news is that it did not make anything better. It's on the chopping block. Got a few interested parties coming to see it this weekend. Getting into an Elite. See how that goes. Thnx for all your help, really appreciated it....