Wheel bearings, yeah, and voltage regulator for sure. It WILL go out and better to replace it in the comfort of your garage. My '91 Electra Glide has almost 70k miles and I just put my third voltage regulator on; stator seems fine.

One trick I saw here on the Forum for the regulator was to "rubber" mount it and run a ground wire directly to the neg. terminal on the battery from the regulator mount rather than relying on the frame ground at the regulator. I used some rubber gasket material to isolate the regulator from the frame as the vibration causes the insulator material to crack. Water gets in the cracks and regulator shorts out.

 

thanks for all the advice! yea i may put a new oem voltage reg. on just for peace of mind.

 

i thought it was in 1992 that they used the crappy ina bearing? and bikes before that had the torrington no?

 

One other recommendation is to change the lifters when you change the cam bearing (around 40K or so). I had a lifter fail in my 94 at 48,000 miles (stock cam), and ended up losing my first motor, so I'll admit I'm a bit paranoid here. If you install adjustable pushrods and have the service manual, you can do this yourself.

Otherwise, it's just a matter of keeping an eye on the bike, and staying on top of things. My ride has 163,000 miles on it and runs fine on the second motor, original clutch and gearbox. One wheel had the bearings replaced around 120,000 miles, the other wheel has the original bearings. I'm running the second belt and the 4th primary chain (I replace the chain if I'm in the case for any reason). I finally replaced the starter late last year. Everything else has been tires, batteries, brake pads, oil, filters and other supplies, or stuff I wanted to change.

 

but i dont have to worry beacause mines a 1990 and it has the longer lasting torrington cam bearing in it right?

 

Good point, Uncle G. I had forgotten my '91 FLHS got a new top end at 48K because one cylinder was blowing smoke. Total upgrade bored .010 over, Wiseco pistons, upgraded valves, lifters, heads polished, S & S E carb, Andrews midrange cam, adjustable pushrods, bead blasted barrels, etc. I think around 50K miles or so with a stock Harley one might start thinking about that top end job.

 

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Yep; 92 is when they changed to the INA. Yours should have the good Torrington. I would not worry about that. I had to change out the regulator on my 99 somewhere around 25 thousand. The bad thing on my 99 Softail Custom is there is no light for the charging system. I left the house one morning, and thought it started a little slow. Got to town, shut it off at a conveniance store, and it would not start. Called my wife to bring the jumper cables, and got it home. Moral of the story; If your starter turns a little slow, don't leave whithout checking your battery voltage.

 

I guess it depends on a lot of things. My first engine had a sound top end at 85,000 miles. It had 150 PSI compression in each cylinder and burned almost no oil at all. It was rebuilt because of damage to the pinion shaft caused by the lifter failure. I have almost 75,000 miles on my rebuilt motor, and it has perfect compression (150 PSI front and rear) and uses a half cup of oil every 1,000 miles. I think the old girl has a bit of life left in her. Now, I change the lifters every 40,000 miles, though.

 

thanks all for the answers and recomendations!! i really love my evo and just want to keep an eye on things.