Sealing #8 nose bearing to case.
 

Can you elaborate on sealing the #8 nose bearing? In the preview edition you do not discuss using sealant between this bearing and the case. You only say use Curil between the #8 bearing and the crankshaft pulley seal.

The factory manual does not specify using sealant between the #8 bearing and the case, it only mentions the O-ring. In the main forum there are lots of opinions. This seems to be a major potential leak area.

There's an o-ring that fits around the number eight bearing. If you're nervous about it - a small bit of the Curil-T can't hurt, but it shouldn't be necessary. I think that the number eight bearing almost always leak from the pulley seal - not the o-ring. I did forget to mention the o-ring in the preview edition, Chris pointed that out to me, and it is now in the production version...

-Wayne

-Wayne

Well I took the high road and installed it without sealant... Lubricated it with oil so it would expand properly when the case was torqued. We'll see!

Should be okay...

-Wayne