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Ecarta
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Chipped Crankcase help!

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Hello fellow KDXers!
I put a small chip in the right crankshaft seal "seat" when trying to remove it, see pics.

On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being very serious and 1 being barely serious...How serious is this damage?

Is it fixable? How?
If not say why.
Other concerns?

Thank you all!

Bike is 2004 KDX200
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Re: Chipped Crankcase help!

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Do you have the piece that chipped off?
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No I do not, this actually happened last year.
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Re: Chipped Crankcase help!

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IMO, that is rated a 0 = non-issue. It is only the depth stop for the seal and doesn't carry any load. The only thing I would do to it is file/grind/sand it smooth and forget about it. I would only do that as to relieve any possible stress risers.
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As always, great info SS109, thanks!
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Yeah you'll be just fine.
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Thanks Slick Nick!
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