On my brothers 2007 Super Glide I have a leak coming from the primary chaincase housing at the shifter shaft bushing. Now the bike has been converted to forward controls a long time ago but the leak has been about a year now. Originally he thought it was coming from the cover but after replacing the gasket twice he brought it to me to find the leak.

So here's my question. The service manual says to punch out the bushing from the inside but to put the new one in it needs to be pressed in from the outside. Obviously to replace a $5 bushing I would need to take apart a whole lot of the bike so I'm looking for suggestions on how to potentially seal the bushing from the inside especially because it's not really needed any more.

Heres a pic and the pen is pointing to the bushing.

Thanks, Steve

 

A lot of guys have found a plug that fits real snug and seal with some RTV sealant on install.

 

Degrease the inside of the bushing tube and pump it full of RTV. I did one about 7-8 years ago and it hasn't leaked so far.

 

I put a freeze plug in mine and sealed it with RTV. Can't for the life of me remember the size, sorry.

 

Thanks for the idea's guys. I like the idea of a freeze out plug. Safe to assume you pushed it out from the inside and installed the same way? I thought about the RTV only route but I've seen RTV peel away when it's not sandwiched between two surfaces.

Anyone who might know the size of the plug would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Steve

 

I used a gas hose and put a button head bolt in the end to seal the hole. It works better to make sure the tower gasket doesn't move in the first place though and may not work as well to seal a leak.

 

Update...... A 3/8 sweat in copper pipe cap fits nice and snug. A little high heat gasket maker and some light taps in makes for a tight seal.

Steve

 

Yes that's right.

EDIT: Somehow missed your post about solving the problem. Looks really good.