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Mar 21, 2012 | 08:24 PM

Kaycee

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Cam Spacers

Tryng to get my cam gears lined up evrything seemed fine on the install of cam chest.When I put astraight edge on the gears I am about 10 k out on the front of gears with a .120 spacer so need to go bigger,but when I check the rear part of the gears they seem to be a bit farther out maybe a coupla thous. more than the front .Is this normal???So I thought I would do my SE. adj. push rods how do I set them with dry lifters ?The bike has been sitting for a coupla months so I think the lifters have bled down.I tried to set them per inst. but they never bleed down after a 10-15 min. wait.So I gave up and came in the house before I totally lost it

Mar 22, 2012 | 11:03 AM

djl

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Originally Posted by Kaycee

You said "about .010" out on the front sprockets. If you can't get a .010" feeler guage blade under the straight edge; if you can, go to the thicker spacer. No sure I am following your comment on the "rear part of the gears" and a "coupla thous more than the front". I don't think there is anything to worry about but can't really say because I don't understand your comment.

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Originally Posted by Kaycee

So I thought I would do my SE. adj. push rods how do I set them with dry lifters ?The bike has been sitting for a coupla months so I think the lifters have bled down.I tried to set them per inst. but they never bleed down after a 10-15 min. wait.So I gave up and came in the house before I totally lost it

Adjust them dry the same way as wet; they will just bleed down faster. The lifters won't bleed down while just sitting on the bench. What lifters? If OEM lifters, they should bleed down in 10-15 minutes so there must be other problems? What was your adjusment procedure? Was the piston at TDC on the compression stroke? How many turns? etc. Give us more information.