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1929 Leatherback · 01-30-2022, 07:37 PM

Good evening everyone.

Removed the valve cover off of my 29, only to find cracks around the area where the bolt is threaded into the cover at the oil return location. The problem is that who ever did previous work on it over tightened that bolt and now it has cracks in it. It's not broke out, but I don't really want to put it back together like that. If it were to breakout while on the road, it would pump the oil out.

My question here is, has anyone had to deal with something like this, or if I could I would buy a new one, but I cant seem to find any new ones

Thanks in advance!!

01-30-2022, 07:37 PM	#1
1929 Leatherback Member Join Date: Jul 2021 Location: Central Wisconsin Posts: 37	Cracked valve cover Good evening everyone. Removed the valve cover off of my 29, only to find cracks around the area where the bolt is threaded into the cover at the oil return location. The problem is that who ever did previous work on it over tightened that bolt and now it has cracks in it. It's not broke out, but I don't really want to put it back together like that. If it were to breakout while on the road, it would pump the oil out. My question here is, has anyone had to deal with something like this, or if I could I would buy a new one, but I cant seem to find any new ones Thanks in advance!!