I have a 2011 Deluxe with a little weeping oil leak on the front lwr rocker box. I'm wondering if I need to disassemble the the push rods to get to the lwr front box off. The service manual says to take them off for a top end overhaul but im just replacing the top & lwr front rocker box gaskets. As long I get the motor TDC will it be ok to not disassemble the push rods to get the lwr front rocker box off?

 

TDC on the exhaust stroke makes for easy, safe gasket replacement.

 

No need to remove pushrods, just lift the rockers off and the lower rocker box off over the pushrods. Do it on the compression stroke and both valves will be closed with lifters/pushrods at lowest lift. No fancy footwork required.