1960 FL police 58r generator

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1960 FL police 58r generator

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Have an oil leak coming thru the generator pulled it out and found out there is a felt oil seal it's a 58r generator fan cooled where could I find this felt or would the oil seal from another 58 series generator work thanks for any help :mrgreen:
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Re: 1960 FL police 58r generator

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Post by RUBONE »

You should be able to easily convert to a lip seal. The Felt seal was used on many H-D generators, and the police models (R) especially to assure adequate lubrication with hard duty. But they have a fairly short finite life. For a bike used much more occasionally than a P-D bike in full service the lip seal is fine.
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