Cam Identification
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I'm already impressed with your determination and apparent basic abilities. The real challenge will be getting it back in correctly timed. Remember, the pinion goes around twice for every one time the cam makes a round. So be careful marking and counting teeth and don't turn the crank...
Interesting. Never saw a gear with 2 rings on the outside and one on the inside. Is there a (tiny) key way in the gear? Can't tell from the angle of the photos.
For what it's worth, I've run 3 Crane cams. They each and every one failed on the bearing end after not too many miles. (less than 10k)
LOL. On the contrary, we're all on the edge of our creeper seats
I'm already impressed with your determination and apparent basic abilities. The real challenge will be getting it back in correctly timed. Remember, the pinion goes around twice for every one time the cam makes a round. So be careful marking and counting teeth and don't turn the crank...
Interesting. Never saw a gear with 2 rings on the outside and one on the inside. Is there a (tiny) key way in the gear? Can't tell from the angle of the photos.
For what it's worth, I've run 3 Crane cams. They each and every one failed on the bearing end after not too many miles. (less than 10k)
I'm already impressed with your determination and apparent basic abilities. The real challenge will be getting it back in correctly timed. Remember, the pinion goes around twice for every one time the cam makes a round. So be careful marking and counting teeth and don't turn the crank...
Interesting. Never saw a gear with 2 rings on the outside and one on the inside. Is there a (tiny) key way in the gear? Can't tell from the angle of the photos.
For what it's worth, I've run 3 Crane cams. They each and every one failed on the bearing end after not too many miles. (less than 10k)
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How About a pic of those pushrods fully compressed.. I'd like to see them a little closer..
As for cam gear yeah I never seen that either maybe it's an old school crane thing I don't know...
As for cam gear yeah I never seen that either maybe it's an old school crane thing I don't know...
The FXR drew first blood today.
The only "complaint" which really isn't one, is that it felt like the bike ran out of steam a little earlier that I would have thought.
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I fully understand wanting to know what's in it that's reasonable. BUT.. I don't see how you think you ruined the cam bearings but do what you want I hope you don't run into problems down the road...
From what I've heard/read over the past couple days is that if you take off the cover without relieving pressure on the cam, it could ruin the bearing since that's all that's holding it in, I don't know how much truth is in that. To me, the bearing looks fine but I have no clue what to look for.