trumpy recall

I thought oil leaks were standard?


Triumph Motorcycle company,Allied Automotive Consulting Services Pty
Ltd (Rocket III Model) Campaign no. 356

Date: 18/01/2005

Supplier Name: Triumoh Motorcycles Ltd

Product Make: Triumph

Product Model: Rocket III Model

Consequences: Loss of oil and seized rear wheel

Campaign Number: 356

Product Info: Triumph Motorcycle company,Allied Automotive Consulting
Services Pty Ltd (Rocket III Model)Campaign No. 356

Defect Details: An oil leak possibly exists from the pinion oil seal
which if not rectified could eventually lead to loss of oil and
possible seized rear wheel.

Consumer action: Contact your local Triumph Motorcycles dealer

 

Very disappointed as my Dayto has refused to leak any oil in 4 years :-(

 

7 years now and not a drop.

 

Pretty bloody disappointing really.

The only breakdown was a dud fuel o-ring. Even then.. I got home. (I
believe the O-ring was of Germanic origin).

Is it too late to return to Triumph and ask for the rumoured/mythical bag of
faults to be retrofitted?

And am getting bored with only filling up with oil once only and not having
to top up at all between services.

 

Silly, the leaks are an optional extra [*]. Didn't they tell you when you
bought it?

J

[*] Unlike a power band for a GN250, which apparently were never made...

 

That's why you fix it yourself. After hearing that Triumph will only replace
the plastic male fittings, with aluminium fittings at that, I bought a full
set (male & female) of chrome plated brass fittings from the t595.net
website. Turns out the plastic female return fitting had large sections
missing going back past the seal, though the male fittings were perfect...

 

That's the problem with forums... generally one only posts when there is a
fault/problem/issue.

"seems pretty common" is of dubious statistical value.

 

If my T595 was anything to go by, the only thing which *didn't* happen was
an oil leak ..... the number of things that bike should have been recalled
for .....

Mike

 

Sounds a bit like the Sprint ST I had... (although to be fair I knew
several people with very reliable ones).


G-S