TeeCat
One-Mik Wonder
Hi, guys...
I have been looking at the parts diagrams at biker.net, but not really enlightened any at all, so I'll ask here.
I think my '73's 6-bolt timing chain adjuster case gasket is leaking, mimicking what I thought might have been a head gasket leak. I recently replaced the large cork gasket between the big dome cover and the adjuster case, but I still pull my finger away damp with oil at the lower left screw, so I have a new gasket on the way.
I went out there today and removed the large dome cover, cork seal, six small bolts, and the tensioner lock nut. At that point I expected the 6-bolt cover to come off, but it does not. There are large threads that the dome cover threads onto, and I can't determine if they are part of the damper assembly, or part of the 6-bolt cover that I'm trying to remove.
So, should the cover come off at this point, or do I need to remove the whole tensioner and everything (thus disturbing my adjustment) just to get this cover off and replace a gasket? At this point I don't want to do that and find that it was unnecessary. Again, my Haynes shows a later model, and the biker.net schematics make it appear as though I have to remove the whole tensioner arm assembly (#11) just to replace this gasket.
Any help is appreciated!
TC
I have been looking at the parts diagrams at biker.net, but not really enlightened any at all, so I'll ask here.
I think my '73's 6-bolt timing chain adjuster case gasket is leaking, mimicking what I thought might have been a head gasket leak. I recently replaced the large cork gasket between the big dome cover and the adjuster case, but I still pull my finger away damp with oil at the lower left screw, so I have a new gasket on the way.
I went out there today and removed the large dome cover, cork seal, six small bolts, and the tensioner lock nut. At that point I expected the 6-bolt cover to come off, but it does not. There are large threads that the dome cover threads onto, and I can't determine if they are part of the damper assembly, or part of the 6-bolt cover that I'm trying to remove.
So, should the cover come off at this point, or do I need to remove the whole tensioner and everything (thus disturbing my adjustment) just to get this cover off and replace a gasket? At this point I don't want to do that and find that it was unnecessary. Again, my Haynes shows a later model, and the biker.net schematics make it appear as though I have to remove the whole tensioner arm assembly (#11) just to replace this gasket.
Any help is appreciated!
TC