Knowledge is king, set yourself up for success. There are service bulletins that change specific procedures written in the service manual. Before wrenching inside your engine it is wise to obtain them from your service dept. Harley changed the Cam support plate tightening procedure a long time ago.

 

This should be a sticky .
Fantastic write up and explanation FLS Shovelhead.


Peace.

 

I'd love to hear it. I'm just going off the Factory Service Manual.

Can you elaborate on a revised Cam support plate procedure?

 

This is the newest SB I have, it is not current, contains outdated oil pump information. . I do not know if the support plate procedure is current or not..

 

Thanks for taking the time to document this. I plan on doing my stage 2 as soon as my new pump shows up, will definitely use this.

 

Fantastic write up , thank you

 

Great write up. Thank you for taking the time to document it in such detail.

 

Great write up

 

Wow, what a great job writing this up. I only have a few miles on my M8 (new) but am excited to being able to do a cam job at the end of next riding season. Thanks!!!

 

I’d like to echo all previous responses. Not sure I would ever attempt this my bike but would certainly like to shadow someone doing theirs. Excellent advice throughout. Thanks for taking the time to post. 👍