DIY job gone wrong
Road Warrior
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From: Sacto
I put the bike in 6th gear and rolled the rear wheel until the rear lifters were moving up and down simultaneously then adjusted the pushrods. Then I let them bleed down for around 25 minutes and was able to spin them freely. Then I rolled the rear wheel again and felt the other set of lifters moving up and down simultaneously and did the pushrod adjustment.
So that would be a "No" 
... (TDC on the compression stroke?)
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Road Master
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Well, I don't know about master tech. Where I learned that was in technical automotive classes in the mid 70's. My instructor was in fact a master tech with GM vehicles, mostly he was a Cadillac and Chevy guy, but knew all vehicles very well. He taught that way to get the valves closed to tighten down the rocker arms, and also to adjust solid lifters.
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Plenty of ways to skin a fish, or a cat, or a whatever.
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4th Gear
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From: KS
🤦♂️ what a dumb mistake. Ill be trying to readjust the pushrods the right way this weekend. Well see if that fixes the problem because this likely isnt the only mistake I made.
Tourer
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From: Queens NY
Don't say dumb. You never pretended to be a know it all. It's actually a common rookie mistake. Let's learn, fix, and move on... Git that Hog fixed and report back please!
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Road Master
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Same for me. Finger over spark plug hole until that cylinder is pushing air out (compression stroke) then I hold a long screw driver in the hole watching it go up until it flattens out and right before it starts to go back down is when I adjust that cylinders pushrods. Never failed me, plus removing the spark plugs helps turn the motor over by hand.
Road Master
Joined: Feb 2021
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From: Phoenix Arizona
Howdy,
Having recently done the same cam kit upgrade...
The how and when to adjust pushrods, base circle, other cylinder, etc... got me in trouble.
I called Bob Wood and he "skooled me", in a polite way. And then I remembered the same trick from back in the late 70's to find TDC on compression using something in the sparkplug hole.
I used a plastic chopstick also. If it gets stuck it won't scratch the piston or valves or cylinder wall. if it gets stuck it will bend.
A screwdriver could get stuck.
did the trick, adjusted, waited, did other cylinder, waited. Put all back together.
Success
I have learned a great deal here at HDF
Having recently done the same cam kit upgrade...
The how and when to adjust pushrods, base circle, other cylinder, etc... got me in trouble.
I called Bob Wood and he "skooled me", in a polite way. And then I remembered the same trick from back in the late 70's to find TDC on compression using something in the sparkplug hole.
I used a plastic chopstick also. If it gets stuck it won't scratch the piston or valves or cylinder wall. if it gets stuck it will bend.
A screwdriver could get stuck.
did the trick, adjusted, waited, did other cylinder, waited. Put all back together.
Success
I have learned a great deal here at HDF