Tappet block chrome covers?
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Tappet block chrome covers?
All this cam and push rod talk got me thinking about dressing mine up. I have quite a bit of chrome already, but thought those chrome tappet covers might be a nice final touch. Have any of you guys used them? The reason I ask is that in the description it says they come with adhesive!!! So, are they like glued on and nothing more? Do they actually stay on or sooner or later will the fly off? Jireh sells them for 23 bucks so its not much money, but if they fly away I don't want to be stuck with trashed lifter blocks all covered in permanent glue.
Please advise.
Please advise.
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I just took them off my bike... they looked ok but kinda fake I guess. I never liked them but the PO did apparently. Long story short, they stuck really well yet a bit of persuasion with a screwdriver and they came off easily. Left big goobers of silicone all over the blocks. I wasn't able to get that off so I'm going with new chrome lifter blocks. If you want them, PM me your address and I'll ship them to you free of charge.
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Deal. Thank you VERY much!!! So they are just held on with silicone? No bolts or nothing? And they never fell off. LOL, thats good to know. And thanks again. you'll have a PM in a second.
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Your welcome Neil, pm back at ya'.. Yeah, he just stuck them on with silicone caulk, you'll have to pull the pushrods and oil pressure sending unit to get them on... Good practice for pushrod adjustments LOL!
I'm slapping my old ones on complete with silicone globs, I'd thought about cleaning them up and repainting with new wrinkle black but that little bit of chrome on the tappet blocks does add to the look so I'm ordering new chrome blocks and practicing my pushrod adjustment technique in the bargain... ;-)
I'm slapping my old ones on complete with silicone globs, I'd thought about cleaning them up and repainting with new wrinkle black but that little bit of chrome on the tappet blocks does add to the look so I'm ordering new chrome blocks and practicing my pushrod adjustment technique in the bargain... ;-)
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Great, and thanks again. I didn't even know they came as a solid piece. All the ones I looked at (albeit the cheapy chinese/tiawan ones) seemed to have a split on the back so you could just slip them past the pushrods. The ones you have sound like they are better than those...... which is even better!
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Chrome covers on an evo is one thing but I've looked at these tappet covers and thought they would look bulky and cheap.
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Geez they don't look THAT bad! LOL! Neil, these do have the split you're talking about but I couldn't manage to spread them far enough to clear the pushrods since I intended to chop the pushrods anyway I just took them out with the bolt cutter and then popped the covers off.. They're on the way UPS. should see them in time for the weekend.
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LOL....haters! Thanks again wood. Heres a pic of my engine. Its the black and chrome version that the Low Riders ran and I have pretty much every piece of chrome you can have on a blacked out motor...except the lifter blocks. What the heck, I'll put them on and see how they look. I ain't spending the cash for new lifter blocks so its these or nothing.
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I just did a search although I've looked at them in the past.There are some that just fit over with the sticky tape or adhesive but there's other ones that actually bolt on.You remove the original bolts, put the cover on and replace the bolts with chrome ones. There's a bunch on ebay.
Here's one to look at: 320607077488 $28.49
Here's one to look at: 320607077488 $28.49