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Had one fail last week in my bike, Stage 4 Hillside 107 with TW-9bs. Lifter had been making noise intermittently but decided to give up the ghost at about 5500 rpms in 4th gear (dont worry I won ) Just wondering if anyone has had similar issues, only have 2500 miles on the build. I would like to make sure im educated before i call woods. I already replaced them with a set of Fueling Race series.
 
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Had one fail last week in my bike, Stage 4 Hillside 107 with TW-9bs. Lifter had been making noise intermittently but decided to give up the ghost at about 5500 rpms in 4th gear (dont worry I won ) Just wondering if anyone has had similar issues, only have 2500 miles on the build. I would like to make sure im educated before i call woods. I already replaced them with a set of Fueling Race series.
I would definitely call Mr. Woods. Have heard of a few similar low mileage failures on other forums but they are scarce. Running set of his lifters in a hipo all bore 107" with about 5K miles on the build with no issues. JMHO but there are better options than Fueling lifters; S&S, standard or premium and Gaterman come to mind.
 
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We really like the S&S lifters.
Std. or Premiums, build dependant.
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We really like the S&S lifters.
Std. or Premiums, build dependant.
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Are the $120 set of s&s lifters worth putting in? Can they hold up to a woods cam?
 
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if your gonna keep running that cam I wouldn't even hesitate to get the S&S premiums. Take all the worries out of your head......it's kinda a no brainer..........
 
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Are the $120 set of s&s lifters worth putting in? Can they hold up to a woods cam?

Which cam?
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Cam is a Woods 9b
 
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I'm running woods 555 cams.
 
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