Bag o'nickles?
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Bag o'nickles?
Mornin! all!
Ok, I have a 2000 Road King Classic with 15k on the odometer. I pull out for a little cruise saturday. About 3 miles into it I hear what sounds like a nickle bouncing around in my motor. Literally you could hear it so I deter from my route and slow my speed. As I'm listening to see if I can pinpoint where it is coming from whatever was coming loose....did. It got a lot worse and I started loosing power in one cyclinder. I shut it down at that point to prevent any further damage. Any ideas on what could have happened? My first thought was a broken valve spring or maybe a ring. Thanks for your ideas!
Ok, I have a 2000 Road King Classic with 15k on the odometer. I pull out for a little cruise saturday. About 3 miles into it I hear what sounds like a nickle bouncing around in my motor. Literally you could hear it so I deter from my route and slow my speed. As I'm listening to see if I can pinpoint where it is coming from whatever was coming loose....did. It got a lot worse and I started loosing power in one cyclinder. I shut it down at that point to prevent any further damage. Any ideas on what could have happened? My first thought was a broken valve spring or maybe a ring. Thanks for your ideas!
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Mornin! all!
Ok, I have a 2000 Road King Classic with 15k on the odometer. I pull out for a little cruise saturday. About 3 miles into it I hear what sounds like a nickle bouncing around in my motor. Literally you could hear it so I deter from my route and slow my speed. As I'm listening to see if I can pinpoint where it is coming from whatever was coming loose....did. It got a lot worse and I started loosing power in one cyclinder. I shut it down at that point to prevent any further damage. Any ideas on what could have happened? My first thought was a broken valve spring or maybe a ring. Thanks for your ideas!
Ok, I have a 2000 Road King Classic with 15k on the odometer. I pull out for a little cruise saturday. About 3 miles into it I hear what sounds like a nickle bouncing around in my motor. Literally you could hear it so I deter from my route and slow my speed. As I'm listening to see if I can pinpoint where it is coming from whatever was coming loose....did. It got a lot worse and I started loosing power in one cyclinder. I shut it down at that point to prevent any further damage. Any ideas on what could have happened? My first thought was a broken valve spring or maybe a ring. Thanks for your ideas!
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It's a serious issue get it looked at.
If you need work in the cam chest I can not erge you strong enough to upgrade the cam tensioners to either the HD Screamin Eagle Hydraulic Cam Tensioner upgrade or to gear driven cams. To make it a little less painful put in some new cams (I HUGELY suggest the Andrews 21 cams for a 88" motor) the bike will perform so much better. My total cost for the Hydraulic upgrade and new cams plus labor at my indy was $1,400. Ouch I know. But you will have a more reliable and better performing bike.
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