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Jun 20, 2011 | 09:23 PM

gotflexxj

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96B Oil Leak

I ride a 08 Night Train and went to wash it today and found oil all over the clutch cable starting about half way up the down tubes and all the way down under the motor and it was also all over the right frame rail but didn't see any on the block or tranny. Do any of you have any suggestions on where to start looking for the most common leak on this bike. I plan on cleaning it with a degreaser and looking for it but just thought it might be a common problem..

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Jun 21, 2011 | 12:14 AM

DR. V-TWIN

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Who lubed it last and what did they use to lube it?

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Jun 21, 2011 | 01:45 AM

oct1949

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No its not common, did U just have it serviced?.

Jun 21, 2011 | 05:03 AM

Rakthi

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Someone else had this happen, turned out to be a clogged vent on the transmission.

found the thread:

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/softa...-adjuster.html

Could also be the transmission was overfilled last time?

Might not be common, but if you do a google on "site:hdforums.com oil leaking clutch cable" you got hits from the sportster, dyna, softail and touring section on this.

Hope it's just a clogged vent, simple solution!

Last edited by Rakthi; Jun 21, 2011 at 05:06 AM.

Jun 21, 2011 | 09:30 PM

gotflexxj

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I did the 5000 mile service myself using SNY 3 in all locations. I did the service 4500 miles ago and it just started leaking very recently (riding in 100 degree weather but mosty on highway). I used a degreaser on it tonight to clean all surfaces and will see if i can trace it from there. Thanks for the tranny vent link will check it out. Thanks for any help..

Jun 22, 2011 | 12:29 PM

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It was a clogged tranny vent tube. It had some kind of insect nest in the end of it. Thanks again for the link it saved me a bunch of headaches.

Jun 22, 2011 | 05:48 PM

95yj

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I should have done this to my gf's Sportster a couple years ago. We got caught in some massive rain on three different days during a two week ride. When we got the bike back home and I went to service it, there was a lot of water in the primary/trans. Took me about 5 cans of brake cleaner and carb cleaner and 6 oil changes with gear lube, diesel oil and the like to get all the water out so things weren't white anymore. Next time I'll just pinch the tranny breather hose off when we get caught in the rain. Hehehe.