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Message started by bluesavage218 on 04/07/09 at 07:21:02

Title: Not the famous oil leak... A brain fart.
Post by bluesavage218 on 04/07/09 at 07:21:02

So I noticed the other day that I had some oil on the garage floor. I looked the bike over, and it seems the leak is coming from the under the left side crank case cover where the little rubber do-hickey is supposed to seal off the cover where the wires go into the casing. It must not be seated all the way or something. Can I fix this without taking that casing off (I hate taking that thing off)?

Title: Re: Not the famous oil leak... A different one.
Post by Chopped on 04/07/09 at 07:24:33

you best bet is taking it off and using some RTV High temp Silicone on it along with the gasket!

Title: Re: Not the famous oil leak... A different one.
Post by bluesavage218 on 04/07/09 at 09:06:22

I was afraid you were gonna say that haha.

Title: Re: Not the famous oil leak... A different one.
Post by Chopped on 04/07/09 at 14:42:01

What kinda condition is your gasket in? I replaced mine and missed a small piece of the old one... a little RTV and a new gasket didn't keep it from failing! OIL EVERYWHERE!

Title: Re: Not the famous oil leak... A different one.
Post by bluesavage218 on 04/07/09 at 16:07:44

It's in decent shape. I took it off a while back to strip the aluminum so I could polish it to give it a nice shine, and I guess I didn't get that rubber piece fitted all the way in there. I was hoping that I could maybe just push it up in there to where it will be seated, but I don't know. I haven't noticed the gasket being torn around the bottom where the leaking is coming from.

Title: Re: Not the famous oil leak... A different one.
Post by Chopped on 04/07/09 at 16:17:32

Do you have any Hight Temp Silicone? If not run down to the auto parts store... $4-6 and your in buisness! I would say that if you can push it in, oil pressure can push it out! Better to drain the oil and redo the gasket and add the silicone!

Title: Re: Not the famous oil leak... A different one.
Post by bluesavage218 on 04/07/09 at 16:19:06

Do I add the silicone around that rubber piece?

Title: Re: Not the famous oil leak... A different one.
Post by Chopped on 04/07/09 at 16:26:29

I just put a thin layer around the entire crankcase cover and a little extra where the rubber piece is, just in case. bolt her back up and let it cure for about 24 hours and you will be in buisness!

Title: Re: Not the famous oil leak... A different one.
Post by bluesavage218 on 04/07/09 at 16:30:35

Ok thanks. Maybe I can get to that this weekend. My 10'' apes just came in the mail today so that will be the first thing I work on this weekend.

Title: Re: Not the famous oil leak... A different one.
Post by Chopped on 04/07/09 at 16:32:21

where did ya get them? I ended up making mine cause I wasn't gonna pay out the but to get ones I wanted... worked out pretty well!

Title: Re: Not the famous oil leak... A different one.
Post by bluesavage218 on 04/07/09 at 16:41:06

I got them on ebay for like $60. I thought they were reasonable. I don't have the skills to make em and I didn't want to go through any custom shop around here because they would have been expensive. I really wanted Z-bar apes, but I'm gonna try these out for a while.

Title: Re: Not the famous oil leak... A different one.
Post by thumperclone on 04/07/09 at 17:56:47

rtv at this location is no better than bubble gum

Title: Re: Not the famous oil leak... A different one.
Post by Chopped on 04/07/09 at 18:55:58

I got the RTV high temp Copper and it worked great... just used it in adtion with a new gasket and no problems to date!

Title: Re: Not the famous oil leak... A different one.
Post by Mortation on 04/08/09 at 12:58:14

If you clean the mounting surfaces fully and torque the cover down right it shouldnt leak. I have done a bunch of em (only one on a LS650 though) and never had a leak. I have never used RTV sealant. Wouldn't that be a pain to get off?

Title: Re: Not the famous oil leak... A different one.
Post by Chopped on 04/08/09 at 16:13:21

Not really... most of it peels right off!

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Title: Re: Not the famous oil leak... A brain fart.
Post by bluesavage218 on 04/09/09 at 10:39:23

Well you can either learn something everyday or learn how dumb you can be everyday. Come to find out I think I overfilled her with a little too much oil. I believe the rubber piece is fine. So now the question is will she continue to leak or just leak until all the excess oil is gone?