I'm restoring my 76 flh, I'need to replace cam, it ran good on this cam, but a lobe is flattening out. It has a H stamped it and has a black mark on it. What is it.

 

Sounds like you have a cam from an FLH rather than the FL cam. Twizted will probably jump in and tell you for sure.

I think I have a good one out in the garage if you are interested.

 

All I know is that the duration on this cam is pretty wide. Might be stock, but does not look like it. This is my 1st. tear down and I'm learning.

 

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P.S. You might ask to have this moved to the Shovelhead Section

 

I just went out to the garage and looked. I must have let the cam I was referring to go with the bike. Sorry, I was going to ship it to you if I still had it.

 

Thanks for the replies. I've been a automotive mechanic for 47 years, and I'm learning from the bottom. This bike ran good before I let it set for 11 years. I'm determined to get this cool old bike going again. Uncle Larry, I'm new to this site and how would I move this to Shovelhead Section ?

 

H is a stock shovel cam, 1976 was the last year for the gear not to have a groove in its face as they changed it - harley early and grooved late cam gears are color coded and have a different diameter, i believe 5 or 6 were available BUT you can remove your cam gear and install it on a new cam or replacement - crane had but went under and they made new H cams, harley does not any longer - some times flea bay has New old stock

Andrews cams has a replacement in the A cam it has just a taste of more lift and duration NOTE - rocker arm ratio for a shovel is 1.43 so the cam looks big but it is not - shovel stock i forget but think its .390 or around .400 in lift and only 200 degrees of duration

the A cam idles exactly like a stock bike but has a better pull in 3rd gear getting on a hwy all cams for shovels come with a red gear and its smaller so you could have a ticking sound at speed as you have a larger black gear < i know i know but its how they do it

 

Pretty sure I have an early stock H cam in my stash from my 72 I'd have to dig a little to be sure, no idea what color code it has. Yours if you need it just PM me.

 

With the black gear that I have, can I use it on the Andrews A cam ?

 

yes the gears are the same - do a search on the site about switching the cam gear the evo guy do it all the time and its done the same way