Oil leaking. Please help!
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Oil leaking. Please help!
I have a 1975 Superglide and I'm having a bunch of trouble with oil coming up through the pushrods and leaking down the fins and getting all over the place. I already tried putting set screws on the little oil ports on top of the crank case but its still leaking. Tonight im gonna try checking the gasket on the oil pump. Does anyone have any experience with this problem??
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There are 3 o-ring and/or round gaskets per pushrod assembly. You will have to remove the spring loaded clips on the covers, lift the bottom cover out of the tappet block and back off the pushrod adjusters until they are short enough to remove. Then, disassemble the pushrod covers (where you will find one of the gaskets where the inner cover mates to the outer). The other 2 are likely seated in the tappet block (bottom), and the head. Replace them. Costs about $5. Re-install the pushrod assembies and covers, and adjust them. If you don't know how, search this forum for instructions or get help. If it isn't done right, you can bend a valve.
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