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Originally Posted by Weirbt
I am hoping you are right Uncle Fuzzy. Though this is an annoying noise at the least I found three issues with two being after market parts recently installed that would have led to more problems down the road.
It never ends..
My pushrod readjustment turned into a head port..
I did the Rockouts, drilled out the oil return holes,
and set the lifter preload to 3.5 turns (24tpi=0.145) and fired it up tonight.
Sounds strong, I'll get the boards and heat shields on tomorrow and roll it out for a good spanking.
It's not as noisy as it was but the sewing machine sound is still there and the reversion is the same.
Maybe I'll put an S&S teardrop on it if I can't live with it.
 
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