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white crust on flywheel?

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b4himdude:
heres a new one to me. recently i took off my flywheel cover just because periodically i want to look and see how thing are doing in my bike so i can be on top of a mechanical issue before its on top of me. plus i wanted to retard the ignition to see if it affected performance at all. well before i got to the stator i noticed the flywheel was getting a white crusty buildup of what looked to be some sort of pasty substance. so i removed the flywheel and did what i wanted to do with the ignition timing.but rather than just clean the flywheel i put on another clean ready to go flywheel. took a couple rides and removed the cover again to see the crap was starting to build up on the flywheel again. now i have a good gasket in place as well ive tightened the cover bolts to specs so im pretty certain its not dust. possibly moisture from washing the bike pretty frequently and the heat might be causing the leftover moisture from that to steam off and stick to the flywheel .but like i said the gasket is in good shape the cover is crack free and the fasteners holding the cover on are all tight. so would a seal beginning to wear out or not installed correctly be the culprit? possibly allowing a minute amount of gas that isnt fully  exhausted during combustion to get pushed  through and doing that?  any ideas?

sandblaster:
Got any pics?

b4himdude:
ill get ya some this evening after work

alward25:
surface corrosion from the zinc oxide deteriorating they treat the flywheels with,  They all look like that from what I have seen.  I would clean it up and give it the Krylon touch, or Rustoleum, depending on what your are in to.

sandblaster:

--- Quote from: alward25 on September 29, 2015, 03:39:34 AM ---surface corrosion from the zinc oxide deteriorating they treat the flywheels with,  They all look like that from what I have seen.  I would clean it up and give it the Krylon touch, or Rustoleum, depending on what your are in to.

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That was my first thought until I read more of his question and it sound's like it's happening very quickly as if there is a leak. That's why I wanted the pics.
I like to clear coat my flywheels and bake them with clear caliper paint.

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