Pushrod adjustment
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Pushrod adjustment
Hi guys. I have a 78 flh with an s&s 93 engine. How can I tell if I have the travel limited lifters? I’ve seen 2 different ways to adjust the pushrods depending on which lifter I have. Is there a safe way to do it if I don’t know?
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I'm thinking you are asking if you have solids or hydraulics - there are different varieties of solid lifters and hydraulic lifters out there - if the adjuster is on the lifter - it is a solid - if you see a spring on the lifter cup - it is hydraulic - if the spring is hidden under the cup - inside the cup housing - it is a solid - a picture would let us know which you have since there are different styles of each - If solids - rotate front to compression stroke - adjust pushrod so that there is a little bit of drag when you spin the rod - repeat for rear - for hydraulics - rotate to compression stroke - loosen all the way - tighten until some drag is felt - then for most adjusters it is 4 turns tight - most rods collapse the lifter with 7 turns - I tend to collapse then down all the way - count the turns - then set the position to 1/2 total turns to bottomh
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The reason I ask is s&s site has travel limited lifters as part of their procedure. If I’d read farther I’d have seen there is a way to tell. I’m just going to see if it bleeds down. They’re not solid.
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hi mplecha
iam a newby to the HDs and have a 82flh...i recently did my pushrod adjustments and did them by the book.... took out the hydrolic unit ,cleaned it out then nipped up the adjustment then turned back the adjusting screw 1 1/2 turns...if you type in pushrod adjustment on the search button on the top page there is loads of info there or check out this youtube vid ..he does solids and hydrolics
iam a newby to the HDs and have a 82flh...i recently did my pushrod adjustments and did them by the book.... took out the hydrolic unit ,cleaned it out then nipped up the adjustment then turned back the adjusting screw 1 1/2 turns...if you type in pushrod adjustment on the search button on the top page there is loads of info there or check out this youtube vid ..he does solids and hydrolics
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I see what you are asking now - I have a set of S&S lifters in my 78 and I just turned down the adjusters 4 turns - (out of 7 total) - maybe I should check if they are the limited travel type - is there some advantage to this style of S&S lifter???
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