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<blockquote data-quote="joedrum" data-source="post: 140706" data-attributes="member: 98"><p>2 edge sword this is ... taking responsibility of some who knows where made is a gamble ....it is as aussie said the new stuff can be really worse than old ....on cam seal prep is everything ... if a cam seal on a bike is not leaking and has track record of years ...i am not changing it lol ..i clean everything up and install ... i dont think its any big deal to mod 1100 close seals to work ... is what i think .....personally there is not much oil to stop here ive never bought a new seal and have many leaking one stop ....seems the most important part to me it spring inside seal channel being stout enough to seal around cam ...they come apart and cen be shorten and screwed right back together to get more tension to seal .. even ones with cut can be turned to 12 oclock position and stop leaking ....</p><p></p><p>so to me all you can do is provide a seal ..there no real oil pressure here ..and just not a big problem ...and i am sure as aussie said the honda seals are probably better ... has to be a really crappy seal to leak in these conditions :shock: :head bang: :cheeky: :whip: :rant: when it comes to crappy products its seems the world has never done so good at it as now :BigGrin:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joedrum, post: 140706, member: 98"] 2 edge sword this is ... taking responsibility of some who knows where made is a gamble ....it is as aussie said the new stuff can be really worse than old ....on cam seal prep is everything ... if a cam seal on a bike is not leaking and has track record of years ...i am not changing it lol ..i clean everything up and install ... i dont think its any big deal to mod 1100 close seals to work ... is what i think .....personally there is not much oil to stop here ive never bought a new seal and have many leaking one stop ....seems the most important part to me it spring inside seal channel being stout enough to seal around cam ...they come apart and cen be shorten and screwed right back together to get more tension to seal .. even ones with cut can be turned to 12 oclock position and stop leaking .... so to me all you can do is provide a seal ..there no real oil pressure here ..and just not a big problem ...and i am sure as aussie said the honda seals are probably better ... has to be a really crappy seal to leak in these conditions :shock: :head bang: :cheeky: :whip: :rant: when it comes to crappy products its seems the world has never done so good at it as now :BigGrin: [/QUOTE]
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