Cam Tensioner replacement
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RE: Cam Tensioner replacement
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My dealer's response to that question was "when the performance drops and the top end gets noisy".
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My dealer's response to that question was "when the performance drops and the top end gets noisy".
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Thank you all for your input. One other thing what gear cam can I go to and stay stock
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RE: Cam Tensioner replacement
Umm... I don't entirely disagree with the dealer on this one. Of course, how sensitive your ear is and how much experience around engines you have would dtermine if you noticed it when the shoes are nearly gone but the chain hasn't been polished yet. I don't think that the shoe material would have any effect on the engine at all... because you are putting little bits of it in your engine every time you ride.
His point was that no matter what you do, short of replacing the cams with gear driven cams, you can't predict when they will go. You can take them apart but I have heard that you need to take them all the way out because you can't tell by just looking at the outer shoe.
I have a two year warranty on my bike. I will have just about 26k on the bike, then. 23 months out, I intend to replace my cams with gear driven cams. If it fails before then, I intend to make my dealer's life miserable until I get them replaced with gear driven cams under warranty.
That's the plan I have, anyway...
I'm a big Harley fan, but they sure make some brain dead decisions just to save a buck here and there. Sometimes when I hear crap about metrics from Harley riders I have to bite my tongue really hard or I would start a good bar fight.
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His point was that no matter what you do, short of replacing the cams with gear driven cams, you can't predict when they will go. You can take them apart but I have heard that you need to take them all the way out because you can't tell by just looking at the outer shoe.
I have a two year warranty on my bike. I will have just about 26k on the bike, then. 23 months out, I intend to replace my cams with gear driven cams. If it fails before then, I intend to make my dealer's life miserable until I get them replaced with gear driven cams under warranty.
That's the plan I have, anyway...
I'm a big Harley fan, but they sure make some brain dead decisions just to save a buck here and there. Sometimes when I hear crap about metrics from Harley riders I have to bite my tongue really hard or I would start a good bar fight.
C#
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RE: Cam Tensioner replacement
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Thank you all for your input. One other thing what gear cam can I go to and stay stock
Thank you all for your input. One other thing what gear cam can I go to and stay stock