Please Take a Look at My Engine Build
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From: ct
Sounds like a good build. The only thing I would have done different is use
Harley B lifters or the best S&S lifters. Maybe take .020 off the heads & have
them cc'ed
I had Harley ScreaminEagle lifters once...Old ones...Junk!
The EVL 3010 is about like the EV-27, but with a quiet valve train. We run the
EVL 3000 in one of ours....nice cam
In my other bike I run the EV-27 and like it pretty much
Harley B lifters or the best S&S lifters. Maybe take .020 off the heads & have
them cc'ed
I had Harley ScreaminEagle lifters once...Old ones...Junk!
The EVL 3010 is about like the EV-27, but with a quiet valve train. We run the
EVL 3000 in one of ours....nice cam
In my other bike I run the EV-27 and like it pretty much
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From: Arizona
Well, they probably changed them by now, but the ones I had were built in
2000. They ran the roller bearings right on the lifter axle.
This was the same axle they "staked" or peened to hold them in place for
assembly with a round punch. Fairly soft metal when you can do this.
They failed and cost me well over $2000 in parts to rebuild the entire motor.
A good lifter will have a hardened inner race pressed onto the lifter axle
during assembly for the rollers to run on.
The lifters that didn't fail even had microscopic distorton to the axle from
the straking process.(the roller bearings need a flat surface to run on)
Jims also had failures with their "big roller" lifters from the same process.
They have since changed the design I understand. My guess is Harley
changed their SE lifters also. I've always heard Jims made the old SE lifters
but not sure.
After that I just won't buy either anymore. I hope the new ones are alright
for your sake...Good Luck
2000. They ran the roller bearings right on the lifter axle.
This was the same axle they "staked" or peened to hold them in place for
assembly with a round punch. Fairly soft metal when you can do this.
They failed and cost me well over $2000 in parts to rebuild the entire motor.
A good lifter will have a hardened inner race pressed onto the lifter axle
during assembly for the rollers to run on.
The lifters that didn't fail even had microscopic distorton to the axle from
the straking process.(the roller bearings need a flat surface to run on)
Jims also had failures with their "big roller" lifters from the same process.
They have since changed the design I understand. My guess is Harley
changed their SE lifters also. I've always heard Jims made the old SE lifters
but not sure.
After that I just won't buy either anymore. I hope the new ones are alright
for your sake...Good Luck
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40mpg when I ride like a normal person, but I rarely ever do unless I'm on a trip. Bike is in pieces right now.
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Thanks. Im getting 36 with normal riding. Probably a difference in jetting.
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46 slow 185 main. Needle shimmed once, light diaphragm spring. Almost 3 turns out on the needle... throttle response is snappy and crisp.
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From: ct
Well, they probably changed them by now, but the ones I had were built in
2000. They ran the roller bearings right on the lifter axle.
This was the same axle they "staked" or peened to hold them in place for
assembly with a round punch. Fairly soft metal when you can do this.
They failed and cost me well over $2000 in parts to rebuild the entire motor.
A good lifter will have a hardened inner race pressed onto the lifter axle
during assembly for the rollers to run on.
The lifters that didn't fail even had microscopic distorton to the axle from
the straking process.(the roller bearings need a flat surface to run on)
Jims also had failures with their "big roller" lifters from the same process.
They have since changed the design I understand. My guess is Harley
changed their SE lifters also. I've always heard Jims made the old SE lifters
but not sure.
After that I just won't buy either anymore. I hope the new ones are alright
for your sake...Good Luck
2000. They ran the roller bearings right on the lifter axle.
This was the same axle they "staked" or peened to hold them in place for
assembly with a round punch. Fairly soft metal when you can do this.
They failed and cost me well over $2000 in parts to rebuild the entire motor.
A good lifter will have a hardened inner race pressed onto the lifter axle
during assembly for the rollers to run on.
The lifters that didn't fail even had microscopic distorton to the axle from
the straking process.(the roller bearings need a flat surface to run on)
Jims also had failures with their "big roller" lifters from the same process.
They have since changed the design I understand. My guess is Harley
changed their SE lifters also. I've always heard Jims made the old SE lifters
but not sure.
After that I just won't buy either anymore. I hope the new ones are alright
for your sake...Good Luck
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