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Old 03-14-2017, 01:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Tedwilliams09
If you are taking the whole upgrade kit from the previous motor, and it ran good.

Why the concern?? If you truly believe it ran good then go with it.

It almost sounds like you are second guessing how well it ran before??
No, the other engine ran great. I was just exploring possible combinations that would not require pulling the jugs because I was not sure if I wanted to do that now.
 
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They were supposedly replaced by a local dealer at 33K miles and I just rolled over 61K miles. It was time to check them and it was time for an oil change and I wanted to clean up and polish the cam cover and install chrome hardware at the same time.

The outer one looks like it might have 28K miles on it, but I am not too sure the inner one has ever been replaced even though it was supposed to have been.






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this doesn't look like 28K miles...
Outer looks like pad was stuck on axle, that is why one end of it is worn out. Defective part unless mechanic damaged it before installation.
 
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outer looks like pad was stuck on axle, that is why one end of it is worn out. Defective part unless mechanic damaged it before installation.
axle??

Do you know what part you're looking at?
 

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Originally Posted by MURPHCC1
axle??

Do you know what part you're looking at?
Each plastic pad is attached to steel lever by a rivet. Pads can turn on the rivets (axles). One of pads is worn out evenly, another one was stuck and one end of it is worn out, another one is not. Look at pictures. I have never repaired bike engine except valve adjustment. You don't need to be a mechanic to understand, just look at pictures of both tensioners, do you see difference?

Did you ever repair Harley engine? What did you do?
 
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Originally Posted by 13RoadKing
Each plastic pad is attached to steel lever by a rivet. Pads can turn on the rivets (axles). One of pads is worn out evenly, another one was stuck and one end of it is worn out, another one is not. Look at pictures. I have never repaired bike engine except valve adjustment. You don't need to be a mechanic to understand, just look at pictures of both tensioners, do you see difference?

Did you ever repair Harley engine? What did you do?
The inside tensioner sees more wear because of the direction of the inner cam chain. It runs from the top of the shoe to the bottom. The outer tensioner shoe has the chain running bottom to top and allows the tensioner arm to "float" a little better than the inside one which, in essence, drags the shoe into the chain.

In some cases, you do need to be a mechanic. This is one of those cases.
 

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Originally Posted by 13RoadKing
Each plastic pad is attached to steel lever by a rivet. Pads can turn on the rivets (axles). One of pads is worn out evenly, another one was stuck and one end of it is worn out, another one is not. Look at pictures. I have never repaired bike engine except valve adjustment. You don't need to be a mechanic to understand, just look at pictures of both tensioners, do you see difference?

Did you ever repair Harley engine? What did you do?
YES....i have wrenched on every motorcycle I have ever owned......

your description of an AXLE is way off..........

Have NEVER heard that type of pivot point being called an axle......and pretty sure MOST people havent either.........seeing that an axle has either a rod or spindle passing through a WHEEL or a group of WHEELS.......

thats a pivot point.....NOT an AXLE!!
 
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