Check your tranny bolts
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Road Master
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From: St. Bonifacius, MN
Check your tranny bolts
Saturday I noticed oil under the bike. Turns out that the two bolts that the exhaust bracket to the transmission had worked loose causing the leak. I tighten the bolts and it appears the fixed the leak.
Called my dealer and talked to the service manager. I asked him how many new bikes have they had with this issue. He told me 6 and that was 6 to many.
I wish that I had know about this issue when I changed cams as I would have pulled the bolts then and applied locktite. For now I hope the job I did tighting them with a long ball Allen will hold until this winter when I will pull the exhaust to gain access to those bolts
If you have a 2011 you should check those bolts to insure they are tight.
Called my dealer and talked to the service manager. I asked him how many new bikes have they had with this issue. He told me 6 and that was 6 to many.
I wish that I had know about this issue when I changed cams as I would have pulled the bolts then and applied locktite. For now I hope the job I did tighting them with a long ball Allen will hold until this winter when I will pull the exhaust to gain access to those bolts
If you have a 2011 you should check those bolts to insure they are tight.
Cruiser
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From: East Tenn
I had the same exact problem yesterday. I cut the end off an allen wrench so that I was able to remove the bolts, apply loctite and re-install them without removing the head pipe. Hopefully that takes care of it.
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Very common problem. I cut down an allen wrench also, I did not use loctite but they have not come loose and it has been a couple years. I don't think they come loose, I think they were never tighened.
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Road Warrior
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I have fixed this problem on 4 bikes this year. The new bikes are easier to get at the bolts than the older (5 speed bikes) and I also use a cutoff allen. The ones I have done get a drop of red locktite.
Cruiser
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From: Squamish, BC, Canada
Seems to be a very common thing. I can't understand why some dealers try to tell us that they have never heard of it or that they have only seen it a couple of times. Those bolts came loose on my '09 after about 30,000 kilometres. I cut down an alan wrench and now keep it in my tool kit.
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No offense intended but I think that blue loctite along with the new torque spec would be more than adequate. Red is too much in this application IMHO.
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