Pick your brains on bolt on cam please?

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Apr 30, 2012 | 01:50 PM

woznotwoz

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Pick your brains on bolt on cam please?

I have a 20111 Street Bob and I presently looking at the possibility of fitting some cams (more than likely 583 S&S).
Now I've heard the term 'bolt on Cams'. Are these sort of cams literally bolt on or is some other engine work required? I would let my local S&S dealer do the work, but I just wanted some independent advice as to how big this job is. Any info would be appreciated....

Apr 30, 2012 | 03:43 PM

woznotwoz

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I've just been watching a vid on 'bolt in cams' and I can see they are exactly that - ' bolt in'....

Apr 30, 2012 | 05:14 PM

Foxster

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Yes, they are bolt-in cams. This means that you can fit them and stuff like valve clearance will be OK i.e. you can bolt these cams in without other mods.

Apr 30, 2012 | 05:24 PM

woznotwoz

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Thanks very much for the info...

Apr 30, 2012 | 05:46 PM

jeff.georgalas

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They are "bolt in", but you will have to either cut out your existing pushrods, or go through the top, which is more of a pain in the ***. Get the adjustable pushrods and you'll be doing yourself a favor!

Apr 30, 2012 | 06:11 PM

PHA-Q

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Make sure the cams you choose are ok with stock compression!!!! If not, you won't get everything out of your new hot cams....

Apr 30, 2012 | 10:24 PM

Spud17

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I put Andrews 26 cams in my bike did it myself. I did it the long way of reusing stock push rods, it took me about 5 hours start to finish.

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May 1, 2012 | 02:39 AM

DCLXVI

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"bolt in" implies that no other engine mods are needed. Some cams not labeled as bolt in may require monifocations for valve clearance. If your looking for recommendations for a Dyna, I like the Andrews 37. The Dyna is a fairly light bike that loves to rev and these pull pretty good into the upper rpm range were the 21 & 26 run out of steam.