Advice: Part #341-13165-00
Be careful not to break the oil line banjo bolt when detaching the oil line from the head. The metal oil line pipe has a lot of tension in it, so you must use your hand to maintain pressure on the pipe by pushing it close to the head. If not, the tension will overly pressure the bolt and the bolt will break in the middle, leaving a threaded piece of bolt in the head.
The same danger occurs when re-installing this bolt... be very careful to press the metal oil line tube close to the head while threading the oil line banjo bolt in and hand tighten it. Then you can safely use a wrench to do the final tightening.
This special oil line banjo bolt has a small hole in it for oil to pass through, and also has a rubber tip on the threaded end.
My old dealer, Barry Robson, told me many of these bolts were broken back in the 70's because mechanics were NOT cautioned in the TX750 Shop Manual about this possibility.
I broke this oil line banjo bolt on my bike two years ago after replacing the head gasket, and trying to re-assemble the engine. I felt sick about this... First I had to remove the broken piece still in the head. My good friend Ola Richard helped me by using an "easy-out" tool to remove the broken piece.
But where could I find another special bolt like this? Then I remembered to look through a box of old parts I bought from Barry Robson. Among the many old sparkplugs, nut and bolts of various sizes, I found one of these rare oil line banjo bolts! Thank God! Without that bolt, my engine would still be apart!
I am sure a good machinist could make another banjo bolt for you, but how long would you wait, and how much would it cost you?
Be careful and save yourself a lot of crying!!!
