| Author | Message | ||
     Gregoxb |
 Seems to be leaking from the top bolt holding the T-Rex puck slider bracket in place. I tightened the bolt a little with no success. Any ideas/suggestions? | ||
| Griffmeister |
Well, if it really is from that bolt you could do a hack repair. Pull the bolt out and clean the bolt and hole with brake clean or similar fast drying solvent. Then reinstall the bolt with a good dose of RTV and let it sit overnight to cure. BTW, how do you keep it so clean? Ride indoors only? | ||
| Gregoxb |
LOL, I had just washed the bike because I wanted to identify the source of the leak. I will try the clean and RTV, thank you. It just strikes me as an odd leak, b/c the bolt is nice and snug, and all the other bolts are dry. It just started randomly leaking out of nowhere too, it had been dry for many many miles prior. (Message edited by gregoxb on July 31, 2014) | ||
| Reepicheep |
That would probabaly work. Or you could just replace the primary gasket... that should be sealing that hole completely. In fact it is really odd that it isn't already. Hopefully that isn't a replacement frame slider, and the origional didn't get crunched and crack that mounting hole. I'm not sure that on an XB I want to protect my frame from contact by transferring all that force to my engine cases (with a long lever arm to do so). | ||
| Griffmeister |
"Or you could just replace the primary gasket... that should be sealing that hole completely." That's why I said hack repair. Ten minutes of labor compared to buying gaskets and seals then swearing at it for a couple of hours.  | ||
| Meggadeath |
Cases are somewhat "flexible". Once you remove the torque from the two locations where the sliders are attached, the case flexes ever so slightly (just enough to disturb gasket continuity). Even though you re-torque the bolts to spec, the gasket no longer maintains the same original contact properties and may develop a leak at that point. Replacing the primary gasket and properly torquing the cover bolts in sequence is really the only proper way to remedy the leak. |
