oil leak question
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oil leak question
I'm new to the Shovel engine world and working through a few little things with the '82 I just got. I have an oil leak on what the manual calls the 'tappet oil screen plug' It looks like a pinhole and it's off center so sure it isn't supposed to be there. It is on top of the gear case and takes a 1/4 allen wrench to remove it. It is seeping oil pretty bad..too bad to ride the bike.
It's item #1 in the pic . I am wondering where I can buy the plug at? I have no idea the thread pitch to it??
Thanks for any pointers. I know its minor but Im still learning..
It's item #1 in the pic . I am wondering where I can buy the plug at? I have no idea the thread pitch to it??
Thanks for any pointers. I know its minor but Im still learning..
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thanks guys, I had no idea JP carried things for this old a bike..makes mental note to search better before posting....the leak is through a pinhole in the plug so pretty sure it isnt the gasket or O ring. It may serve as a check valve or relief valve? It may need the vent? I'm learning lol
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thanks guys, I had no idea JP carried things for this old a bike..makes mental note to search better before posting....the leak is through a pinhole in the plug so pretty sure it isnt the gasket or O ring. It may serve as a check valve or relief valve? It may need the vent? I'm learning lol
thanks
thanks
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I got one from JP Cycles..talked to a local indy and he said in his 26 years working on bikes he had never seen one develop a hole in it. I guess my luck LOL..anyways, it's fixed now and just the normal seepings and things to try and make a little better now.
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Seen some of the cheap import allen caps for those develop leaks before . Real chessy cheaply made crap or somebody was going to make a oil fitting and blew it had one come through here still had the broken drill bit in it .
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