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Do any of you guys/gals ever use the head breather bolts instead of all the lines and a catch can. I got mine from TC brothers. They screw right in to the heads and have a mesh screen and a foam filter. Very neat and clean. I get a very light mist of oil from them if running the bike kinda hard but never a mess ever.
My reason for breather method was to prevent crankcase vapors from coating the passages of the induction module.
After many miles they are clean and new looking.
I did the same , hardest part was drilling and tapping , instead of using standard hose clamps , I used compression clamps , really cleans things up . The only problem , is you have to have the correct tool to use them , I already had it from doing a lot of irrigation work . I only ran my hose out to atmosphere , not a lot of oil coming out , so not worth the catch can .
Originally Posted by NorthWestern
Was just going to suggest them, too. I luckily have 100s of them at work, and you can get the pliers on Amazon now, pretty cheap. Used to not be the case.
Originally Posted by MyFavRk
If you live near a Harbor Freight , you can pick up a pair of these , cheap , they work too . Just file / grind the sharp edge off .
A word of caution from a lesson learned. I thought I would be able to get away with 1/8" ID tubing instead of the 1/4" most kits use. I ended up replacing my rocker box lower gaskets in short order. Not a horrible job, but now I have 1/4" ID lines after redrilling and retapping my air cleaner. There's too much pressure for a 1/8" line to effectively relieve.
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