| Author | Message | ||
     Roconroad |
Hi all I noticed oil on my cooling fan and its getting worse.rocker box gasket ?Seems like a big job to me with my limited experience.cant find any guidance in the vault and a service manual is in my future!No buell mechanics in these parts of the great white north,hd of Winnipeg didn't sell buells.just looking for a fix soon ,its getting cold thanks! | ||
| Hughlysses |
It's a pretty big job, but not that difficult. The hardest part of the job is rotating the engine, which sounds really intimidating, but it's not that bad if you take your time. An excellent source of "how to" articles with photographs can be found at Twin Motorcycles. Here's a good step-by-step on engine rotation: http://www.twinmotorcycles.com/artikelen.asp?cid=2 0&aid=832 Here's one video I found on youtube from someone else showing the process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpOH2Uf8u9c If your fan is suspect, it'd be good to change it while you're in there. Mine recovered from an oil soaking and lasted another ~20k miles until I preemptively replaced it, but some people haven't been so lucky. | ||
| Sagehawk |
That's the reason my fan died. Covered and cooked in oil. Save the fan I always say. When you do job on gaskets, go ahead n change fan as suggested, check to see if it's still good. If not, there a thread on buying a much cheaper spaL fan and a way a gentleman cut the frame and put a new spal fan in old frame. Probably save 100 bucks or so. In other words, keep the old fan and use frame. Just saying! | ||
| Roconroad |
Thanks for the info,i was getting alittle discouraged after wheel bearings,exhaust acuater,belt,ecm,code reader,tall windshield,comfort kit,madstad bracket i no im forgetting a few things.add 30% for living north of the border wawawa!should have bought the bike for $6500 instead of $5300 bone stock! Anyone buying don't be cheap spend the extra cash and get one with the all the goodies!great web site thanks for the help. got my 83 sportster running so I don't miss the fall riding in case I cant gitter done!ids ecm and getting the vents out of the intake made a big difference.large increase in smiles per mile! | ||
| Teeps |
Here's the fan thread: http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/142 838/762330.html The article is very complete, but if you have questions, contact Xbimmer, I'm sure he'd be happy to help. Also, now would be a good time to replace the O2 sensor, too. | ||
| Roconroad |
thanks teeps im going to order all the parts and an o2 sensor as well.looks like the cast iron sporty for the rest of the season! |
