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It is great that this does not affect the BA/SM but it surely makes me wonder why...



Yeah Matt... and I can't help but wonder what difference new bolts would make! I'm sure you've tried this but maybe just going over them bolts in the right sequence with proper torque would do it. Or even back them off, then tighten again to specs.

Maybe it's the reseating that does it and not the new bolts...



The four cam cover bolts have a fairly thick rubber washer or grommets to them with one side being metallic...shiny side goes up. It has been my experience that it is the rubber seals on these bolts that get squished over time and from that, the very slight seeping that takes place. I think it would become a full-on leak if it was the cam cover seal itself that kept going. This seal, in my opinion, is a great seal and made really well. Very thick and consistent rubber. I have always tightened down the cam cover bolts by hand then torque them down to 10 nm in an X pattern starting at the top right one. I do know that Triumph has changed their torque setting for the cam cover to 14 nm and I assume they re-considered this because of the seeping problem that has been reported back to the headquarters. I have also read where some people will use with the rubber grommet on the cam cover bolts with a very...VERY thin washer so that each bolt has the chance to seat on the threads as they should and acts as a cushion so that the grommets won't get crushed. This is the next step that I am going to give a try and will report back how it goes. It is more of a nusance than anything else but I am on the anal side of how my engine is. I would love to get a chrome cam cover for my Creamsicle but I am not going to spend the money until I know I can eliminate this seeping. I think the recent change to 14 nm on the setting might have the effect that is needed; I wish Triumph would of been more aggressive in advertising this though.