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Wondering if I could get some opinions from you guys. I'm getting ready to do some work on a friends 08 rocker. Currently it's a stock 96 with a/c and pipes. I recently worked on his brothers bike which is a 12 street glide. We bumped that from a 103 to a 107 with woods 555 cams. Now the one with the rocker wants to use the take off parts from the street glide to make his a 103. He's on very limited funds but is wanting to get this combo working and is gonna spend the money on a new set of cams, adj pushrods, gaskets etc. what would you guys do as far as the jugs, rings etc. I've never tried using take off parts like this so not sure how much I can get away with. I'm assuming new rings for sure, but with new rings would I also need to get the cylinders honed? The 103 parts have about 12k on them and there's no noticeable wear on anything. The two brothers worked this out after all the work was done so nothing was labeled in any way. I have no way to tell which piston goes with which jugs or front/rear. Any advice you guys can give me would be greatly appreciated.
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Usually on the top of the piston it is stamped front or rear with an arrow pointing forward and the jugs can only go one way (Intake in the center and exhausts on the outside. Or you can clean up the jugs and get a new set of pistons.
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Wondering if I could get some opinions from you guys. I'm getting ready to do some work on a friends 08 rocker. Currently it's a stock 96 with a/c and pipes. I recently worked on his brothers bike which is a 12 street glide. We bumped that from a 103 to a 107 with woods 555 cams. Now the one with the rocker wants to use the take off parts from the street glide to make his a 103. He's on very limited funds but is wanting to get this combo working and is gonna spend the money on a new set of cams, adj pushrods, gaskets etc. what would you guys do as far as the jugs, rings etc. I've never tried using take off parts like this so not sure how much I can get away with. I'm assuming new rings for sure, but with new rings would I also need to get the cylinders honed? The 103 parts have about 12k on them and there's no noticeable wear on anything. The two brothers worked this out after all the work was done so nothing was labeled in any way. I have no way to tell which piston goes with which jugs or front/rear. Any advice you guys can give me would be greatly appreciated.
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Anything special about the hone need to be done? I know about doing a crosshatch pattern and all that, it's just been a REALLY long time since I've done it and not sure what has changed since then as far as proper procedure. Standard parts store hone work or should I look for a certain style? Thanks
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Anything special about the hone need to be done? I know about doing a crosshatch pattern and all that, it's just been a REALLY long time since I've done it and not sure what has changed since then as far as proper procedure. Standard parts store hone work or should I look for a certain style? Thanks
You want to rough up the surface enough to cause a little friction and allow the new rings to seat. It also insures that some oil adheres to the surface to ease break in.
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