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Hello all,Winter's approaching so I'm planning a few of my future bike projects. I have a '49 (with a '53 right side case) that has a jug base oil leak where the internal top end oil passage is (on the front jug RH side). Was thinking of a couple of ways to handle.I could pull the front head and lift the front jug up just enough to "goop" around the oil passage (and the rest of the base gasket) and re-seat. I could pull the jug and replace the gasket without honing and replacing the front rings. I could pull the jug, hone the cylinder, replace the gasket and reuse the same rings. Or I could do the same and both hone and replace rings.The bike only has a couple of seasons on a complete rebuild the way it sets now, so there are no issues with smoking, valves, etc.As with most things, there's the "right" way and then there's "the way that will also work for less time, effort, and money" - just wondering what you guys think.
Quote from: Harpo on October 11, 2019, 10:49:51 AMHello all,Winter's approaching so I'm planning a few of my future bike projects. I have a '49 (with a '53 right side case) that has a jug base oil leak where the internal top end oil passage is (on the front jug RH side). Was thinking of a couple of ways to handle.I could pull the front head and lift the front jug up just enough to "goop" around the oil passage (and the rest of the base gasket) and re-seat. I could pull the jug and replace the gasket without honing and replacing the front rings. I could pull the jug, hone the cylinder, replace the gasket and reuse the same rings. Or I could do the same and both hone and replace rings.The bike only has a couple of seasons on a complete rebuild the way it sets now, so there are no issues with smoking, valves, etc.As with most things, there's the "right" way and then there's "the way that will also work for less time, effort, and money" - just wondering what you guys think. Hmmm, case halves from different year groups. That could be an issue. Only a couple of seasons on a complete rebuild? Where those cases ever decked after being paired up? That new base gasket will not hold for very long if the deck surfaces aren't true to each other. That stuff about needing to redone after unseating the rings is an old wives tale passed around by internet experts that have read posts by other internet experts. It is simply not true.