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GimmeFuel

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For a little while, I've occasionally noticed a very small amount of oil leaking out of the top of both rocker boxes. It's not even a weekly thing. Just once in a while. What do you guys think is going on? How alarmed/concerned should I be? Help needed.
 
GimmeFuel said:
For a little while, I've occasionally noticed a very small amount of oil leaking out of the top of both rocker boxes. It's not even a weekly thing. Just once in a while. What do you guys think is going on? How alarmed/concerned should I be? Help needed.
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??????? how many miles- highway / hard , any work done on it lately , one question -(gotta ask , dont like to, but,) has it been laid down/over????
 
R. Lewis said:
??????? how many miles- highway / hard , any work done on it lately , one question -(gotta ask , dont like to, but,) has it been laid down/over????
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About 24500. I've only had it since 18000. A good percentage of the miles I've put on it are interstate. Typically 30 minute trips but some are shorter about 20% of the time. I usually cruise in between 80 and 85 mph. I've been known to get on it before but not very often and not too hard. I always let it warm up fully and try to take it easy on it for the first five or so miles.

Only work done recently was changing the oil. I laid it down once but it was at a near dead stop and went down easy and with crash bars.

Any thoughts?
 
my softail had a fine mist of oil right where the two covers fit together, I re torqued the rear bolts on the cover and have had no more oil.
 
Only a guess but I would think that he used factory torque specs. Do you have a service manual? The specs are there. I don't have one for your model year, but maybe a kind soul could post the proper torque specs for the rocker boxes on your scoot.
 
scottyguitar said:
Only a guess but I would think that he used factory torque specs. Do you have a service manual? The specs are there. I don't have one for your model year, but maybe a kind soul could post the proper torque specs for the rocker boxes on your scoot.
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Are the bolts on the top of the rocker box the rocker housing bolts or the rocker cover bolts?
 
While re torquing rocker bolts may slow it down some I would pull the covers and check them for war page. If you don't already have a factory manual get one, the rockers should be un bolted in a reverse torque:s
 
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