1976 R756 crankcase breather removal help

RANDY16276 · Oct 12, 2020

I have the old style breather and would like to update to the later version. I am having great difficulty getting the old one out.

I am hoping someone has a good solution.

thanks in advance for your help.

Randy

pglaves · Oct 12, 2020

RANDY16276 said:
I have the old style breather and would like to update to the later version. I am having great difficulty getting the old one out.

I am hoping someone has a good solution.

thanks in advance for your help.

Randy

A small slide hammer with small outward facing hooks is the tool to use.

20774 · Oct 13, 2020

Also, apply some heat to the outside of the breather as well as some penetrant to help it release. When I installed the new reed-type breather in my /7, I put the screw that holds the reed in place facing my right footpeg. IMO this helps provide for a straighter path out of the breather into the rubber tube that routes to the carb.

ebeeby · Oct 13, 2020

PGlaves said:
A small slide hammer with small outward facing hooks is the tool to use.

+1 on the slide hammer. An inexpensive tool you will use again.....maybe in 15 years.
Oak had a write up on this job some years back which I used in oh, 2007. Can't recall where it was.....maybe in the Airhead magazine?

20774 · Oct 13, 2020

Oak had articles on the breather replacement in July 2009, August 2010, Feb 2013, and Sep 2019. Oak passed away in 2017, so the 2019 article is likely a repeat...they've been doing that a lot lately. I've asked that they write something saying "this is a repeat" or something along those lines...but they don't want to do that.

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