One more question. Is there a recommended torque setting for the valve cover bolts? I can't find one in the Clymer manual.
Thanks! MN Blue On May 24, 10:57 am, "Creative Residential Designs" <[email protected]> wrote: > I wondered that myself. I heard it from the Ironhead group that chromed oil > bags and such don't dissipate heat well so they avoid them. Must be true. > HotrodMamma. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dennis Hammerl > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 11:31 PM > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Valve Cover Gasket > > I will apply my years of experience in this matter and tell you > something you don't want to hear. The chrome job is the culprit. I've only > seen this about fifty or so times now. Nice idea, but.... Personally, I'd > rather paint it in black wrinkle for the heat dissipation. Oh well, seal it > with a good silicone seal. Expect it to leak again, and often. > I know, I'm just a golden ray of sunshine. > > --- On Sat, 5/23/09, Minnesota Blue <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Minnesota Blue <[email protected]> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Valve Cover Gasket > To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" > <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, May 23, 2009, 10:43 PM > > Hello everyone. So the 83 650 is back together and running!! New > paint, several new nuts, bolts, gaskets, washers, o-rings, and a few > other things later. Spent a long time getting 26 years of dirt and > neglect out of all the small spaces. Back to running like a champ > now > except for one problem. The valve cover is still leaking. We had > pulled it off this winter, cleaned the surfaces, and put a new > gasket > in. My father even surprised me by getting the valve cover chromed, > which looks really nice! Fired up the bike today and took it for a > test drive. Sure enough, it was pumping oil out in a few spots. > Took > the tank off and re-torqued the whole thing. Went for another drive, > still leaking. Not as bad, but still leaking. I really don't want > to > torque the hell out of them. My mechanic told me to put the new > gasket on dry. With the leaks, I am thinking about taking it off > and > putting a gasket sealer on to seal up all of the leaks. Anyone been > through this? I am sure the gasket sealer will work, but I don't > want > to cause problems for myself down the road, Any suggestions would > be > great. > > Thanks! > > MN Blue --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
