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Did a little work this afternoon, first I pulled the old cams off the cam plate and then removed the HD oil pressure relief valve so I could install the Axtell oil bypass valve. The HD oil bypass piston was a little difficult to remove but a ball end allen wrench had enough contact with the inside of the piston to slide it out.
In the picture you can see the 1/8" punch used to remove the roll pin and the homemade tool I made to push on the spring as I "punched" out the roll pin. I made the tool out of a 3/8" dowel that I cut the middle out to about 1/2" up the dowel using a table saw.
Here is a pic of the old HD oil bypass valve with the Axtell below:
In the picture you can see the 1/8" punch used to remove the roll pin and the homemade tool I made to push on the spring as I "punched" out the roll pin. I made the tool out of a 3/8" dowel that I cut the middle out to about 1/2" up the dowel using a table saw.
Here is a pic of the old HD oil bypass valve with the Axtell below:
Last edited by HD Pilot; Feb 3, 2014 at 07:44 PM.
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Here are the old HD cams on top with the Tman 590s below:
Here is the front view of the 590s installed. Hope it looks good to everybody?
Really had no difficulties, went just like the Fuel Moto and S&S videos. On the front cam you can see the new retaining ring installed. The HD SM tells you to install it with the "sharp edge out" - if you feel the front edge with your finger, it does feel sharper but when I pulled the original ring off I noticed the ring "bulges" out on the side that faces out - so I put the new one in like the original.
Here is the front view of the 590s installed. Hope it looks good to everybody?
Really had no difficulties, went just like the Fuel Moto and S&S videos. On the front cam you can see the new retaining ring installed. The HD SM tells you to install it with the "sharp edge out" - if you feel the front edge with your finger, it does feel sharper but when I pulled the original ring off I noticed the ring "bulges" out on the side that faces out - so I put the new one in like the original.
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Yeah, I knew but I didn't want anybody else wondering 
, plus it was a good lead in to using assembly lube.
Wont be able to install the plate for awhile, so I wrapped it in a clean T-shirt and stuck it in my closet.
, plus it was a good lead in to using assembly lube. Wont be able to install the plate for awhile, so I wrapped it in a clean T-shirt and stuck it in my closet.
