read them a few times and watch the YouTube videos. also, make sure you install the inserts as stated in the directions..john actually sends out 5 instead of 4 so you can make 1 mistake as I did and probably many more.

 

I'm getting a service jack/lift this weekend so that I can remove the plugs and spin the rear tire. I could never use a "flat bottom" lift with any of my metric sport bikes.
On one of the videos it looks like someone is turning over the engine with a wrench at the crank....

 

Don't turn the engine over off the end of the crank!!!! Harleys have crank end shafts that are made like cooked pasta. Just spin the engine from the rear wheel. It is a super easy job. Don't make it any harder than it needs to be.... The mod your about to do is one of the best out there to correct HD's sorry engineering.

 

Would you care to explain to me how turning a Harley over by the rear wheel is going to rotate the engine without using a crankshaft end

 

 

Think, "push-start".

 

It went well.
Its actually an easy mod.
Unfortunately it did not totally silence my engine.

 

weird...as this is exactly where my failed lifter was.

 

I'm pretty sure it's not a lifter simply because the engine is silent when it starts up cold.
The ticking gets noticable when the engine gets warm.
A leaking down lifter would be just the opposite.

 

Leaky lifters tick when the oil is hot.