| Author | Message | ||
     Ustorque |
My baby has developed a leak on the bottom of the motor between the cases. If I were to take a guess on the amount I'd say I lose a teaspoon over a week of the bike sitting. It tends to only leak or leak more when not ridden. I assume due to the oil draining down into the case when not running. I had planned winter preventative maintenance, but no major repairs. So my question is what kind of disaster am I getting into if I were to split my cases? With such a minor leak is it even worth it or do I just let her mark her territory? I have no plans on any engine upgrades so a teardown would be strictly for repair not for mods. Thanks for any help! | ||
| Kilroy |
Your leak could be coming from anywhere and dripping off the low point of the engine which would be near where the cases split is. Make sure you have identified the correct source of the leak before going through all that...Mine did that for 7 years and I never could identify the source of the leak. Never had an issue. | ||
| Ustorque |
I'm planning a big clean down and then a nice dusting of baby powder to really zero in on it. I hope I'm wrong! | ||
| Scott_in_nh |
Shawn that is about the only place they don't usually leak from! My bet is that it is coming from the cam cover - been there done that. Not a hard job, it just takes time and you have all winter. You'll have to bring that baby up to NH in the spring for some riding! Scott | ||
| Jolly |
The cam cover isn't that difficult, and timing these engines is pretty straight forward with how the cams are indexed. the leak I ended up finding was that it was coming from a push rod tube. I replaced mine with the big twin style collapsible push rod tube using my stock push rods. it seals better than the stock design and was pretty simple to do. I took advantage of the time and did an xb rocker box cover conversion since the rocker box covers had to come off anyway to pull the push rods. there have been quite a few jobs that I was worried about talking but so far success with everyone of them with the help from folks here and some patience, cold beer and the right tools and a manual. |
