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Old Apr 29, 2012 | 07:48 PM
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My bike is a stock 1990 with 31000 miles. Reading all these lifter
Failure stories has got me spooked, should I just replace them
Or do I have some more mileage to go?
 
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Old Apr 29, 2012 | 07:50 PM
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My bike is a stock 1990 with 31000 miles. Reading all these lifter
Failure stories has got me spooked, should I just replace them
Or do I have some more mileage to go?

If it ain't broke don't fix it. My bike went 100k without lifter problems then it got a harley reman and has gone another 26k still no problems.
 
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Old Apr 29, 2012 | 08:07 PM
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Ok thanks for the reply. My bike runs like a top!
Runs good and quiet, but I just get a little paranoid lol!
 
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Old Apr 29, 2012 | 08:22 PM
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Ok thanks for the reply. My bike runs like a top!
Runs good and quiet, but I just get a little paranoid lol!
Yeah I get that way sometimes too. I go talk to my guru and he tells me to stop worrying about whatever I was worrying about.
 
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Old Apr 29, 2012 | 09:58 PM
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I replaced my lifters when I did a cam swap. New cams new lifters I was told. I had 40,000 on the oem lifters and they looked fine when I pulled them
 
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