The fork caps on my '75 FL keep puking drops of oil on me when I ride. Since it is a '75 it has the caps with the little breather vents on the side of them. I discovered in the Drag Specialties catalog today that their replacement part has some fine print stating (will not work with headlight tin covering) I havethe old style tin coverand I guess this must be the problem. My guess is that the tin cover keeps the cap from sealing all the way down. Custom Chrome makes some caps but theirs say nothing about compatibility with the cowling.

Does any one know why this is and any parts or solutions to fix the problem. I'm sick of all my shirts and jackets getting little oil splatters and having to constantly clean up my fork tubes and tank.

 

I have the same problom. I have usa twin wide forks with headliht tin, one side leaks. anybody have a solution, I tried teflon tape also!

 

My fork caps also leaked, i use pipe dope on the caps threadsand my quit leaking.....