1986 vt500c: Final Drive Breather Keeps Running Off! - Honda Shadow Forums : Shadow Motorcycle Forum

cvaria · 11-07-2012, 11:14 AM

I am really confused about the final drive breather on my VT500c When I first bought the bike, the breather could have been there.. i'm not sure. Once i noticed it was missing, i ordered and "installed" another.... which has, now, gone missing. I now have a new one waiting to go one the bike but i want it to stick around.

Did i install it incorrectly? I gave it a few light taps with a hammer. should i bang the new one in?

Any advice helps.

#5 below

GDI · 11-08-2012, 12:27 PM

Beating on it probably won't help. Something like this looks like a good application for JB Weld. Maybe give that a try?

GDI

SnoGhost13 · 11-08-2012, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GDI

Beating on it probably won't help. Something like this looks like a good application for JB Weld. Maybe give that a try?

GDI

It is a breather cap.. JB Weld will seal it up and cause too much pressure in the final drive in theory.

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GDI · 11-09-2012, 12:50 PM

Yeah, you're right about that! I was thinking that the breather came as an assembly that gets tapped into the aluminum gear housing. . . .

Maybe, maybe not?

GDI

HardRock · 11-10-2012, 12:01 AM

What I did was clean the underside of the cap really well rough up three small spots spaced evenly around the inside of the cap and place three small dots of silicon on the roughed up areas let it dry until just past tacky then put the cap on the bike. Mine stayed on even when the bike got rearended.

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11-07-2012, 11:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
cvaria Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 54	1986 vt500c: Final Drive Breather Keeps Running Off! I am really confused about the final drive breather on my VT500c When I first bought the bike, the breather could have been there.. i'm not sure. Once i noticed it was missing, i ordered and "installed" another.... which has, now, gone missing. I now have a new one waiting to go one the bike but i want it to stick around. Did i install it incorrectly? I gave it a few light taps with a hammer. should i bang the new one in? Any advice helps. #5 below __________________ I like my 2003 Z4 2.5i (for sale: $13000 obo), love my 2002 Wrangler SE and my 1986 VT500c (for sale: $1200 obo), and i have an affair with my 2007 Sportser 883! (clearly time to leave the condo and get a house) Current collection:

11-08-2012, 12:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
GDI Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 176	Beating on it probably won't help. Something like this looks like a good application for JB Weld. Maybe give that a try? GDI

11-09-2012, 12:50 PM	#4 (permalink)
GDI Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 176	Yeah, you're right about that! I was thinking that the breather came as an assembly that gets tapped into the aluminum gear housing. . . . Maybe, maybe not? GDI

11-10-2012, 12:01 AM	#5 (permalink)
HardRock Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 49	What I did was clean the underside of the cap really well rough up three small spots spaced evenly around the inside of the cap and place three small dots of silicon on the roughed up areas let it dry until just past tacky then put the cap on the bike. Mine stayed on even when the bike got rearended. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using Motorcycle.com Free App

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