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[Black Diamond]

08 SERK   3673 miles  rear cylinder leaking oil from gasket; between cylinder and head.   Damn!
May change plan for winter rebuild.   new cylinder and heads for a 117 which does not leak!!!!!!!!!!!

JW

[MadTrucker]

Rear cylinder leak was fixed last week, less then a 100 miles later it’s leaking again.

After the dealer convinced me they did nothing wrong, they called the MoCo. According to them, without more then my VIN number, and brief description of what they did, the MoCo is sending both front and rear cylinders. No explanation about what might be wrong, just we’ll be sending new cylinders and gaskets. The dealer described it like the MoCo was just waiting for the call that this bike was having a leaking problem.

[DESERTBEAR54]

I have 5000 miles on the beast and no leaks on aft cylinder.

[Robmay]

8100 miles and YES I have the rear head gasket leak. Looks like it was leaking for a while but slowly. At the dealer now.

[skreminegul07]

Robmay, being an early bike, you may want to have the crank runout checked.  While having cylinders replaced, its just a bit more labor even if you pay for it yourself.  You could get a new motor. If nothing but piece of mind.

[Kodiak]

Rear cylinder started leaking on my 07 SERK. Dealer found a small weep on front cylinder also. Put it in the shop Friday so they could get started on it. I asked them to check rocker boxes and crank runout while it's down. Waiting on answers from MOCO. Bikes build date was Jan 07. At 10,500 miles this is the first time my bike has had any problems.

[RAJ3529]

08 SEUC 1448 miles and rear base gasket leaking. 

[Robmay]

Robmay, being an early bike, you may want to have the crank runout checked.  While having cylinders replaced, its just a bit more labor even if you pay for it yourself.  You could get a new motor. If nothing but piece of mind.

Just called my service manager and he said MOCO had them remove both cylinders to also check the front, are replacing the rear for sure as the sleeve moved and would check the manner of disassembly as it may not cost anything if it's done far enough. I am to call back in a couple of hours to check with him as the forman is out to lunch. I'll keep ya posted!

[Chief]

Just called my service manager and he said MOCO had them remove both cylinders to also check the front, are replacing the rear for sure as the sleeve moved and would check the manner of disassembly as it may not cost anything if it's done far enough. I am to call back in a couple of hours to check with him as the forman is out to lunch. I'll keep ya posted!

If you can, snap some pictures of the cylinder with the bad liner, especially whatever evidence there is of the movement.

[RLS]

Upgrade at 10,000 Rear cylinder leak at 29,000

[Robmay]

If you can, snap some pictures of the cylinder with the bad liner, especially whatever evidence there is of the movement.

Chief,

As others have said you can feel the sleeve as it has slid upwards, but hard to capture on a photo. I have attached one below with two red arrows on each side of the sleeve. Where the point of the arrow is on the outside arrow is the spot where you can feel the lip.

[Robmay]

My BABY...................!!!!

[TN]

Results so far

                                                       Miles on Motor

                             0-5000                 5000-10,000                     10,000-20,000

No Problems           14                             5                                       2               


Oil Leak Found        19                           15                                                       


 
 
« Last Edit: September 10, 2007, 10:39:36 AM by coyotedata » 
 

needs updated....my adult adhd won't allow me.....

it does look like the percentages went up a bit.



ride em like ya stole it


TN

[bhagins]

2007 Ultra w/110
6K Rear head gasket
6.5K Rear base gasket
7K Front head gasket
7.5K Front Base gasket

The list goes on and on with other parts of the bike that has issues. I think that Harlely sold me a LEMON!

[HogBreath]

My BABY...................!!!!

Dam Rob, don't take you long to tear a bike all to pieces!!! Just rode wth ya 3 days ago!