| Author | Message | ||
     Balloyd66 |
Hey,y'all, perhaps one of you can help me. On the right side of the engine, on the cylinder base, directly below each pushrod cover there are two bolt heads. Well, both sets of these bolts are seeping oil and I'd like to seal them up. So... 1. What are they? 2. Will it hurt anything to pull them and try to seal them? 3. What's the best thing to seal them with? Any thoughts? | ||
| Electraglider_1997 |
pretend you don't notice it. | ||
| Balloyd66 |
So, you're saying they have a real purpose and are a pain? Is that the deal? If so, I will continue to just wipe the oil away like nothing's amiss. | ||
| Towpro |
I see you got an 09, is it still under warranty? | ||
| Balloyd66 |
No warranty; believe it ended last July. Should have had it fixed, but just couldn't do without the bike. And it was such a small leak, etc. | ||
| Rwven |
If that's the only leak you have, rejoice! Mine marks it's territory everywhere it goes. But hey, it runs good! | ||
| Ratbuell |
Those are the anti-rotation screws for the lifters. Roller lifters need to be lined up with cam rotation or the wheel (roller) won't work. They machine a flat into one side of the lifter body. The screws live in that flat, keeping the lifter from spinning and turning the "wheel" the wrong way. They seal with a washer according to the manual. If it were me, I'd get the smallest brass crush washer I could find, and use that. The manual says to unload the pushrods (remove the rockers) before removing the pin. You *might* be able to do it without the lifter spinning...from the factory shop manual: 4. Secure lifters in place. a. Install anti-rotation screws with washers (8) in the holes in lifter block. b. Tighten anti-rotation screws to 55-65 in-lbs (6-7 Nm). | ||
| Dennis_c |
Make sure the oil don't go back on the fan motor. | ||
| Whisperstealth |
Mine does that. It weeps so little, I don't even notice it when changing oil. Not even enough to "wipe" away - Scrub away maybe. But then I don't measure my oil in mili-liters either. My engine weeps in other places to. Just enough to notice/see if you look, but not enough to cause any problems, or blow into my fan. I ignore, call it a quark of the engine, and move on. My sweet girl has 30K on the clock now. Running better than ever. Gas milege is up. No longer producing tiny little shavings at oil change. Uly's age well, getting better all the time. | ||
| Balloyd66 |
Whisper, I have half the mileage you do, but that's the way I'm feeling about it all, too. A couple weeps; nothing really worth worrying about. The beast is definitely getting better with age. Just thought if it were easy, I'd take care of it. Guess not. Thanks, Rat, for your thorough explanation, and everyone else for all your input. And EG, I'll "pretend like I didn't see it." Thanks again, everyone! | ||
| Teeps |
Old Mil Spec 7DPM (drops per minute) time to fix the leak. |
