Hey guys, just a quick question here. My 95 Heritage needs new lifters, and the job is beyond my mechanical abilities. About how much am I looking at for parts, and labor costs? Just a ballpark estimate for decent quality parts and good shop handling the job. Wanted to get a good idea before I talk to anyone. Thanks
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The shops in your area are the ones who set the cost, all you can do is compare.

 

Gets to something I've wondered. Does HD publish a shop time book? Did they have one back in the day when Evos were current?

I don't recall anyone ever mentioning one around here.

 

The question also goes to: while I’m at it ,may as well go for a better cam,adjustable push rods,cam bearing.It all starts adding up.I would expect a shop to charge 8hrs labor plus parts and mark up?

 

If you were going to go with a new cam and then bearing and all that I still don't see it being more than a four to five hour job. Not sure what labor rates are in your area but in my area they are 100 to $115 an hour.. lifters and gaskets you can probably get away on the cheap for about 175 bucks and you know what, I'm sure you can do it on your own with the help from those of us here in the forum. Isn't that what it's about here in Evoland? Get a manual, If your level of comprehension is anything decent you'll have no problem And you don't have to cut push rods and go with adjustables keep the stalkers it's not that bad of a deal really...

Edit, not stalkers but stocker's... No one needs them... Lol..

 

98hotrodfatboy is correct...it's not that hard to do...I recently did mine on a 1995 Fatboy.
In addition to advice here, there's some great youtube videos on this.

Good luck.

MP-In-The-Wind

 

I recall if used to take me 6-7 hours to replace lifters and inner cam bearing. Of course I’m not a professional mechanic, but I’ve done the job enough times that I got pretty good at it. Also, quick-install adjustable pushrods save quite a bit of time.

 

Tho I use stock pushrods unless an out of Bounds cam is to be used... In Which case ... I'm gonna have alot more to do than just a Cam...

 

MJHJEA,

Although it took me nearly 9 months to do, with the help of the folks here, I just completed a top end rebuild of my '93 Ultra. That included; New gaskets (Cometics), new valves, new lifters, new cam, new cam bearing, new piston rings, new wrist pins, cylinder hone, cylinder base resurfacing and carburetor re-jetting. If I had all the parts...and all the tools, don't forget the special tools...ahead of time, I'm guessing that I could have gotten it done in less than a week.

-Dave

 

Granted we didn't mess with the cam chest but me and a friend of mine (who only has full use of one arm) rebuilt his top end in 4 hours.
By myself and including the cam chest would, at a guess, would be about 6 hours.