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Old Aug 19, 2010 | 01:21 PM
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I have a leak on the right side on the tranny somewhere. It leaks parked overnight in the garage, a lot! I'm headed out to look at it now, but if you have any ideas throw them my way please. Thanks
 
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Old Aug 19, 2010 | 01:39 PM
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put a pan under it
 
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Old Aug 19, 2010 | 02:06 PM
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I had a minor leak about 5 years ago on my 2000. I found a couple of the end bolts needed snugged up. That took care of the problem.
 
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Old Aug 19, 2010 | 02:42 PM
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Found 3 bolts loose behind the clutch cable cover!
 
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Old Aug 19, 2010 | 02:42 PM
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alot of times it's not the tranny, it's back side of inner primary, shifter seal or 2 bolts that have seal on them or it could be the seal on tranny at sprocket, you will probably have to remove inner primary to fix
 
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Old Aug 19, 2010 | 02:57 PM
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Usually the leaks on the right side are the bolts that hold the exhaust bracket on.
 
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Old Aug 19, 2010 | 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by King SS
Found 3 bolts loose behind the clutch cable cover!
Put a little green Loctite on those bolts and the rest on the tranny end and you should be good to go.
 
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Old Aug 19, 2010 | 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Sgt. Fury
Usually the leaks on the right side are the bolts that hold the exhaust bracket on.
+1 on the exhaust bracket, I had a bolt fall out and the resulting leak cost $2 to fix for the new bolt.
 
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Old Aug 20, 2010 | 12:25 AM
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Thanks for the info on the green loctite!
 
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Nobody mentioned the clutch cable o-ring.
 
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