Why is the little air breather at the rear dripping oil?

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Mickmorris

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Is there a guide somewhere on checking or replacing the check ball? I couldn't find anything through Google searching last night. I guess I should take this little air filter off and let it drain out and spray it with some brake cleaner or something to clean it out. Thanks for the help guys, you helped settle my nerves :cool:
You can buy new crankcase breather filters at JP Cycles.
 

Mickmorris

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Noice! I was gonna check out what you had in that PM you sent me but definitely interested in this. While I'm doing some maintenance I might as well throw some extra goodies in there. I'll send you a other pm later after I get home and finish up my class.
Dave is definitely the man for having some good parts for these BigDogs. I know I sure appreciate him.
 
I pulled it out of the garage again today and fired it up and let it idle for a few minutes again. No signs of any oil drips where the bike was before I moved it out, none in the driveway below where the breather is, no drips/streaks as I pulled it into the garage. I'll just have to make sure if it's going to be a couple weeks between rides to pull it out in the driveway before letting it idle so it'll dump the oil there so I can spray it with some degreaser or something to help break it up and then rinse it down the driveway with the water hose.
 

Mickmorris

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I pulled it out of the garage again today and fired it up and let it idle for a few minutes again. No signs of any oil drips where the bike was before I moved it out, none in the driveway below where the breather is, no drips/streaks as I pulled it into the garage. I'll just have to make sure if it's going to be a couple weeks between rides to pull it out in the driveway before letting it idle so it'll dump the oil there so I can spray it with some degreaser or something to help break it up and then rinse it down the driveway with the water hose.
Next year you should be ready to join us in Tennessee. Ride on!C99A19FF-4FE1-45C8-B9A2-EF183664828E.jpeg
 

DynoDave

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I pulled it out of the garage again today and fired it up and let it idle for a few minutes again. No signs of any oil drips where the bike was before I moved it out, none in the driveway below where the breather is, no drips/streaks as I pulled it into the garage. I'll just have to make sure if it's going to be a couple weeks between rides to pull it out in the driveway before letting it idle so it'll dump the oil there so I can spray it with some degreaser or something to help break it up and then rinse it down the driveway with the water hose.
I just put a small plastic container under mine (the kind lunch meat comes in).
No cleanup necessary.
 
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