bloody clutch cover

Ok ive been having a fiddle with the bike today and thourght i would have a bash at fixing the small drip i had from the clutch cover. So i took it off and cleaned the mating faces up. smeared it in silicone grease and bolted it all back up. Now its p1ssing out! Ive also managed to bend a couple of the bolts somehow. Im guessing by tightening it up too much. So best wy to fix it?

Im thinking of fitting a bit of o-ring chord of a larger size to the cover. Alternativly getting some instant gasket. However is it best to get a new suzuki o-ring as i see its got nipples on it for some reason.

Any advice?

Also i dropped it on that side on friday. very disapointed in myself about it all but maybe this is why ive got a couple of bent bolts?

[Dave20046]

Don't think dropping it could bend bolts

I did exactly the same (infact mine's sprung another leak today after fixing a leak on the other side.). Just take it off and redo it. If you remember the state my clutch cover was in andy that was because it took me three attempts to seal it and I got really ****ed off so let the gasket stuff go everywhere. Need's doing again now lol

If it's only a trickle I'd be inclined to leave it.

i should have done. it was only a trickle. now its more of a stream

[yorkie_chris]

Andy you seem to manage to break something every time you try and fix it.

Tightening those bolts does NOT fix the problem with the clutch cover. Overtightening CAUSES the problem!!

I have spare bolts. Use some instant gasket or silicone sealer.

[Dave20046]

lol everyone does it andy, I'm sure I must have overtightened mine....although it was leak free until today. (It did get thrashed a bit though)

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by AndyBrad

i should have done. it was only a trickle. now its more of a stream

If you didn't have such a tidy bike I'd recommend what I've done; leave it and bang a manky old tailpack on your back seat with a bottle of oil in. Although it hasn't actually needed a topup yet.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Andy you seem to manage to break something every time you try and fix it.

Tightening those bolts does NOT fix the problem with the clutch cover. Overtightening CAUSES the problem!!

I have spare bolts. Use some instant gasket or silicone sealer.

can i have those bolts off you please? how much? Its all the short ones really

tbh i torqued it up properly first time. then just nipped it a little more when it leaked. Oh well.

[northwind]

I got fed up with mine, tried every fix under the sun, finally just splatched universal blue over the o-ring and refitted it, worked a charm.

[dizzyblonde]

I just leave the one on the black one. It leaks, has done for a long time, its regularly looked at so it doesn't go low. Its a weep, not a huge leak. I think I've asked YC once or twice to maybe have a look, but I don't see it as urgent. look a it this way, its always got new oil!

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by AndyBrad

can i have those bolts off you please? how much? Its all the short ones really

tbh i torqued it up properly first time. then just nipped it a little more when it leaked. Oh well.

You dig through the oil box of bits to find them and you can have them