| Author | Message | ||
     Bobo |
I need to replace the pushrod seal in one of the tubes on a 2000 X1. I just got the bike so I don't yet have a service manual. But, I can't ride the bike until I do this. Is it pretty easy to get to the rocker boxes? I have done a 06 Sportster a couple of times and it is currently torn down to the base as I upgrade the top end. I assume once I get through the Buell specific stuff I will be in familiar territory. Or is it best to wait for the manual? Are the digital manuals worth it? I assume they are just scans of the original. | ||
| Ratbuell |
Unhook and remove your fuel tank (one hose, one bolt at the back of the tank). The frame is a box design, you'll have a clear shot at the rockerboxes. HOWEVER. You have to remove the heads to change pushrod seals. UNLESS. You have a pair of bolt cutters and get a set of NRHS quick install pushrods and collapsible pushrod tubes. Do you want to replace your head- and base-gaskets? Or just swap in new pushrod O-rings and go riding? Neither is too difficult....but the quick installs are nice. They also let you swap cams without removing heads.... | ||
| Bobo |
Supposedly the gaskets for the head was updated to the metal ones. If I have to pull the head, for some reason I thought it was just the rocker boxes, I will check the gaskets and replace. I have too much to learn on these bikes before I start doing engine mods. | ||
| Oldskoolef |
You don't have to remove the head to get them out. Remove the rocker boxes and pull the pushrods out of the tubes from the top. Once the pushrods are out, remove the bolt that holds each pushrod retainer down to the case. Lift the retainer up off of the roll pin and pull the tube out. You can then replace the upper and lower seals. If you don't have any other leaks, I wouldn't fool with taking off the heads just to do this job. | ||
| Ratbuell |
Good call Oldskool. For some reason I was thinking Evo, not XL motor. My bad. Ignore what I said above ;) You'd think after doing this same repair on my S2 about six months ago, I'd remember.... | ||
| Oldskoolef |
No problem, I just had to do this on a Sportster not too long ago. Big twins come with collapsable tubes but fixed pushrods. That's where the bolt cutters come into play. Open up the tubes, cut out the pushrods, replace seals and install adjustable pushrods. No rockerbox removal. That's the way we used to do most cam changes when I worked part-time in a independent shop. Buying new pushrods cost less than labor time and new gaskets for disassembly of the rocker boxes. |
