Re: Chain oiler discussion, Phantom or Real

Posted by Piute on Jun 02, 2012; 12:12am
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                                          nabbles        Oct 20, 2009
♦♦ Oct 20, 2009; 5:29pmRe: Got a slow leak  38 posts In reply to this post by Freerider90
Freerider, just to throw my 2 cents in. My 74 has a chain oiling system that was stock. The oil passes through the center of the counter shaft sprocket through an O-ring mechanism. Adjustment is explained in the Clymer manual for the SOHC 750s. It only requires a small amount, if someone cranked it open too much you will have oil all over the place. Best way is to clean the area then watch were the oil is coming from. The seals around the gear shifter are easy to replace, could be that. The O-ring at the chain oiler could be worn out also


                                O.K. "IF" this is in the CLYMER book(M341) 7th edition 1978
                  please what page I've been through this book and must of skipped that chapter.
      Thoughs "BONE HEADS" that didn't know the old Harleys thought the h.d.s leaked oil all the time
 WELL they were right but only when the bike was running and it was the chain oiler,would leack about the size of a silver dollar over night,saved a lot of chains.Would see leaking(drops) if left still ideling.
    there was adjustment screw,One on my 750 would be A plus ,

     Goggle search on H.D.s
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 by curmudge... Member since:
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The old oil leaking was from engine breather tube aimed at drive chains to give a little continuous lubrication- this helped chains last longer but oily chains leave the excess wherever and whenever too much gets on chain. Parking lets the old design drop the excess from bottom of chain guard and primary. When AMF tried to cut down on oil drips they had a few broken chains, cracked tranny cases. Most of the later Japanese bikes vented the breather into aircleaner area and burned the fumes. Some of the early English bike riders ran vent tubes down to chain area and got the longer chain life and drips like early Harleys. Early Honda Dreams had enclosed chain cases to keep cleaner.
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              I post this (ABOVE)for the person that wonts to know what to do with his crankcase tubes