Ok, so my water pump seal lasted 500 miles and now I'm back at having the oil go up and the water down.
I looked at the diagram again and I discovered that there's actually a locating ring under the seal ring which was not there when I disassembled and of course, I didn't reinstall it
Attached is a picture...
Could some of you confirm is actually there, or post some pictures that might help?
If I get it correctly the assembled sequence is:
OUTSIDE mechanical seal - ceramic washer - seal ring - locating ring - ALTERNATOR COVER - inner spacer - sealed bearing - unsealed bearing - outer spacer with counterbore - snap ring - INSIDE
I'm still very confused at to why it was not there, but I guess that's part of having very limited record of the bike...
I looked at the diagram again and I discovered that there's actually a locating ring under the seal ring which was not there when I disassembled and of course, I didn't reinstall it
Attached is a picture...
Could some of you confirm is actually there, or post some pictures that might help?
If I get it correctly the assembled sequence is:
OUTSIDE mechanical seal - ceramic washer - seal ring - locating ring - ALTERNATOR COVER - inner spacer - sealed bearing - unsealed bearing - outer spacer with counterbore - snap ring - INSIDE
I'm still very confused at to why it was not there, but I guess that's part of having very limited record of the bike...