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Apr 19, 2016 | 12:12 PM

White knuckle fast

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New breather design sucks

I just recently rebuilt my 04 flstci did bottom en and top end 95 " installed the new breather designs everything was good for about 1400 mile then on road trip 100 mile from home i blew out oil cap limped bike home .
I found i was building up pressure in oil tank makes no sense engine is new right.
Well removed the new breathers and found a design flaw where harley glued on the gaskets to the breather the glue oozed out and caused the diaphram to stick causing the pressure concern so i got new gaskets for my old design and reinstalled them and fixed the concern
Has anyone else had this concern with the new breathers

Apr 19, 2016 | 12:34 PM

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Too much oil will also make the dipstick blow out.

Apr 19, 2016 | 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Next In Line

Too much oil will also make the dipstick blow out.

This is true however this was not the problem in this case
Beware of the new breathers

Apr 19, 2016 | 02:22 PM

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I've seen a few new breathers in my builds and never saw an amount of glue to do any damage....very odd.

Apr 19, 2016 | 03:03 PM

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I've seen a few new breathers in my builds and never saw an amount of glue to do any damage....very odd.

I wouldnt have thought so either but i got the proof sitting on my bench at home and i did not apply anything to them when i installed them.
it was definitely the adhesive that harley used to stick gaskets to the breather

Apr 19, 2016 | 03:10 PM

ntraindavefl

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U got the one on the line that had extra gob of glue on it. Wasn't noticeable to the eye prior? Typically that's a super thin lining on glue on there.