Cam Replacement Question
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Cam Replacement Question
I'm planning on swapping my stock cams for S&S 510's and I know there will probably be a lot of yelling angry responses over this but I was wondering how much better the replacement bearings are over stock (seeing's how I can't afford a press, removal and installation tool) I was thinking of keeping the stockers. My bike has 15,000 miles on it, don't know if that makes a difference. Just wondering thanks in advance.
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The inner bearings are easy to replace. Rent/borrow a blind hole puller from autozone to reinstall, freeze, lube and tap in the new bearings with the old cam. As far as your cam plate you need a press to remove and reinstall the new cams. For a small fee my dealer pressed my cams and new bearings into the plate when I redid my 02 Dyna. When I did cams in my 05 Ultra I went with the new cam plate and conversion cams, no pressing required on the plate but same puller for the inner bearings.
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You have to understand that the new cams have higher lift and longer duration. That's much harder on the bearings. The new bearings have smaller rollers closer together. That means more surface area contact from the cam to the bearing. More surface area means less PSI thus less wear. Always replace the bearings with the upgraded bearing when installing new cams.
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