TS185 Oil Pump Lines Help??
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 6:55 am
Hi Everyone!
New to the forums but made an account a few weeks back and have been lurking through old posts to help me fix up my (new to me) 1977 TS185. Was hoping that someone could help me double check something that I should have taken better pictures of before taking everything apart.
Recently I noticed that the bike didn't seem to be smoking as much as it should have upon startup/running. After doing some searching online I found a post on another website going through a function test of the oil pump (was going to run premix but it seems that this system is needed to lubricate crank bearings also). I went through with the function test, cleaned all the lines, made sure everything was good to go, ect. but had taken apart the lines almost completely to get them cleaned out really well. Now that I'm going to put everything back together, I can't seem to remember which outlet from the oil pump goes to the crankcase and which goes to the cylinder!
I've gone through the internet, other forums here, videos on youtube, the manual, and nothing seems to say if it's the left banjo line (when facing the pump properly installed in the bike) that runs to the crankcase/cylinder or if it's the right banjo line that runs to the crankcase/cylinder, only that one side puts out more oil (the side that is supposed to go to the cylinder) but that's about it. If anyone has more experience with this system or has a TS185 and can take a peek at theirs and can point me in the right direction so I can get everything hooked up correctly and get her road worthy again it would be much appreciated!
New to the forums but made an account a few weeks back and have been lurking through old posts to help me fix up my (new to me) 1977 TS185. Was hoping that someone could help me double check something that I should have taken better pictures of before taking everything apart.
Recently I noticed that the bike didn't seem to be smoking as much as it should have upon startup/running. After doing some searching online I found a post on another website going through a function test of the oil pump (was going to run premix but it seems that this system is needed to lubricate crank bearings also). I went through with the function test, cleaned all the lines, made sure everything was good to go, ect. but had taken apart the lines almost completely to get them cleaned out really well. Now that I'm going to put everything back together, I can't seem to remember which outlet from the oil pump goes to the crankcase and which goes to the cylinder!
I've gone through the internet, other forums here, videos on youtube, the manual, and nothing seems to say if it's the left banjo line (when facing the pump properly installed in the bike) that runs to the crankcase/cylinder or if it's the right banjo line that runs to the crankcase/cylinder, only that one side puts out more oil (the side that is supposed to go to the cylinder) but that's about it. If anyone has more experience with this system or has a TS185 and can take a peek at theirs and can point me in the right direction so I can get everything hooked up correctly and get her road worthy again it would be much appreciated!