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Old May 5, 2020 | 06:10 AM
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Yes.
The blue, red, or brown plates and pumps are NOT needed.
Do thay look cool....sure.
We even carry them on the shelf, for those that insist.
NOT needed.
As I have said before, reminds me of the "unleaded valve seat conversions" of the Shovelhead days......
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Old May 7, 2020 | 07:22 AM
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I'll be sure and check crank runout while I'm in there and rethink the oil pump swap! Thanks for the insgiht everyone
 
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Old May 7, 2020 | 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Hossup
So a costly mistake as I was going through my steps I never settled the pump.
Did you by chance find all the chunks of metal from the oil pump? If not, it's going to be a very costly fix..
 
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Old May 8, 2020 | 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Hossup
So a costly mistake as I was going through my steps I never settled the pump.
Hey Hossup,

Just curious about this as I just changed cams on my bike this week. Did that happen because you did not "center" the oil pump by rotating the crank while torquing the 4 bolts in sequence? I do not recall "settling" the oil pump and hope you are referring to the same thing.

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I believe that is the one and same. I infered he did not remove pump from cam plate which I also didnt do until after reading the manual, I separated to re-install using the centering bolts available online.
 
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