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Old Apr 24, 2014 | 12:00 AM
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So I'm working on my brothers 99 night train and when I removed the cam cover the bushing was sitting on the end of the cam. I want to have a new bushing pressed in the cover and I was told that it should be drilled and pinned. I went to my two local dealers and they both said they can't do it. Actually the one dealer told me they won't work on anything older than 10 years old which made me not want to go back there for anything. Any way my question is do I need to pin that bushing and where can I find the procedure so my local machine shop could do it since Harley is apparently incapable.
 
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Old Apr 24, 2014 | 07:59 AM
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You can get a whole new cover with bushings already installed for around 150.00 bucks.
 
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Old Apr 24, 2014 | 12:43 PM
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we don't pin the cam bushings (pinion yes),just put a new bushing in yours,any "new" aftermarket cover would be junk
 
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