Well... This morning... I look at your threads.... and its actually a little funny
that you start taking off the head in order to try to fix an oil leak.
I think this is one time when trying to decipher the book made you screw up. Take a look at where that nut is... It's below the valve cover gasket. What does that tell you? What is it most likely to be holding down? --The head.
That's like relying on a bad torque wrench to tell you when to stop tightening. It never clicks (clicker type), and you go till you wring it off.
(well, strip it out anyway
) It's not necessarily because you're dumb... It's because you were relying on the torque wrench too much, and it let you down. You were relying on the chart to tell you what went where and not actually looking at the bike in front of you and figuring it out
naturally. It's a trap. Mind your intuition. If something seems off or concerning... stop and think about it. Don't get impatient and keep plowing throw the mire.
Now, there is some talk that you might not have a book... You were just using a visual you got online. With that in mind,
you probably could have used a book.You would have had more information you could have used it to figure out where the headbolts were... possibly....??? --and avoided them....
Personally, I lately have not managed to find my Clymer book... It's somewhere.
And I'm in the process of putting the whole engine back in the bike!!! and the rear wheel/shocks/belt (chain conversion) drive too!!! I've almost got it stripped to the frame except for the front end and trim.
I not only don't have the book handy, I have to find all my bolts.
Crazy, ain't it?
When you got SuzukiSavage.com, who needs a book!?
(Just kidding... you are supposed to have a book. Don't you know you gotta have a book!!!! :cough: must...please...mighty...elders :cough: )
The clymer book is sometimes wrong, though.
Back to the other funny part...
Why were you removing stuff? You can sometimes fix leaks by simply tightening things. Were you trying to remove the valve covers in order to do the head plug repair? Valve cover gasket??? Just taking it apart to see what's going on???
Again, notice where the gasket is in relation to those nuts. Also... notice that there was no oil around the nut you removed... very dry.... It probably ain't leakin' from there.
I take it that you may have been looking for the leaky nut syndrome or something similar??? Look at this...
http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1455464250/7#7 Now those nuts are confusing too. Before I knew better, I wondered if those things were head bolts or something. If you'll read down in the replies, I had a similar situation with mine. Drove it for a while with the nut completely gone. Just went to the dealership...They
gave me a replacement... borrowed a wrench and put that little sucker on myself right there.
Those are the nuts that leak.
But... Don't feel bad... You still got this.
Just don't screw up anymore.