Valve service interval ??
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I had a Yamaha FJR 1300 and had to have the valves adjusted, that was enough of that modern liquid cooled technology for me. Had to disassemble the bike to adjust the valves, upgrade the cam chain tensioner and grease the spline on the maintenance free driveshaft.
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I have also heard a lot of people say that the lifters should be replaced at 25,000 miles or thereabouts. I think that comes from some years ago when Harley had some lifter problems. I haven't had any lifter issues with my bikes, although I have S&S lifters in 2 of then now after cam swaps. Haven't heard of low mileage lifter failures in recent memory, but I am sure someone has experienced trouble. Regardless, I don't know of any kind of chronic problem with current Harley lifters.
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On the bikes with solid lifters, we checked and adjusted the valve train tension with the adjustable pushrods. If you knew what you were doing, it was no big deal - just routine maintenance.
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I installed adjustable pushrods in my wife's Dyna when i converted the tensioners from mechanical to hydraulic.
There really isn't much service or adjustment required though. At this point, the biggest benefit is being able to replace an O-ring without removing the heads.
I removed the stock pushrods with a bolt cutter.
If you and your buddy's bikes are still stock, there's no adjustment.
There really isn't much service or adjustment required though. At this point, the biggest benefit is being able to replace an O-ring without removing the heads.
I removed the stock pushrods with a bolt cutter.
If you and your buddy's bikes are still stock, there's no adjustment.
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[QUOTE=RHPAW;19995380]I installed adjustable pushrods in my wife's Dyna when i converted the tensioners from mechanical to hydraulic.
There really isn't much service or adjustment required though. /QUOTE]
That is because you retained the hydraulic lifters, stock Iron XL`s and Big Twins CONVERTED to "solids" required periodic adjustment depending on cam grind and how hard you flogged it.
There really isn't much service or adjustment required though. /QUOTE]
That is because you retained the hydraulic lifters, stock Iron XL`s and Big Twins CONVERTED to "solids" required periodic adjustment depending on cam grind and how hard you flogged it.
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