Yep, yes sireeee, she broke. Today was a beautiful day in Tennessee. The temps reached 84-86 today, soft white clouds but a few dark ones around. So, I loaded up a small cooler, a snack and I headed east bound on Highway 70 N. I like riding that way and thought I would see where Capt-Itch lives. But when I went past the marina near there home, I just continued on Hwy 53 toward Dale Hollow Dam/Lake. I stopped after the first few miles and eat some lunch. Everything seemed fine. I noticed a burning smell and didn't really think nothing of it. "Elvira" only has 300 miles on her so I thought things were breaking in. I should have used my gut instinct and headed back home. As I rode today, I got further and further from civiliation. Oh, I rode thru some very sleepy little communities. As the day wore on, I noticed the buring oil smell more and the tranny began to rattle. So, I headed home but I'm 100 miles from home. As I traveled closer to my house, I'm thinking, I have no one who can come and get me. I have no way of getting home if this thing quits. But she made it home for me. Now, I have oil on the garage floor. What do I do, I go and get my most powerful flashlight and crawl under to see what is going on. There is oil dripping from the tranny. I can't see where its primilary coming from. Oil is covering the entire bottom and up to the top of the tranny where I can see from the right side. Great, the dealer is going to love this.
I was trying to think if I ran over something that would have damaged the tranny but there is no damage to be seen. And the only thing I ran over was a black snake. The burning smell was long before that. The oil looks like its all around the main seal. Maybe the drain plug came loose, maybe the seal just started leaking with the heat. I have no idea. But I'm more concerned that the tranny is damaged since it was rattling.
There was no oil in my garage when I left home. So there was no leak before I left this morning.
I know, ya'll are thinking, this woman does not need to be near a 3 wheeler, ok, I'm thinking this TG is possessed!
To be continued after she goes to the dealer. On further investigation, there is oil pooled on top of the tranny, the oil does not run from the fill cap or the hex screw beside, but the oil does run up but no quite to the top of it. When I rubbed my finger along the fill cap, its clean, just a short distance below it there is oil. but that indention on top of the tranny is full of oil.