Lifter Question
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Lifter Question
I'm still in the process of my top end adventure. 
When I removed the hydraulic lifters out of the tappets for testing, I found each "piston" was stuck in the bottomed position inside of each "cylinder".
Once I pull the "piston" section up, the lifters operate fine, pushing them with your fingers, they move up and down no problem. Everything looks OK.
My question is this; Is this normal? Are the lifters shot? Or was it just the oil remaining in the "cylinder" creating a suction, holding each one of the "pistons" down? Thanks
When I removed the hydraulic lifters out of the tappets for testing, I found each "piston" was stuck in the bottomed position inside of each "cylinder".Once I pull the "piston" section up, the lifters operate fine, pushing them with your fingers, they move up and down no problem. Everything looks OK.
My question is this; Is this normal? Are the lifters shot? Or was it just the oil remaining in the "cylinder" creating a suction, holding each one of the "pistons" down? Thanks
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RE: Lifter Question
What kinda time on those lifters?They may be down because the way you removed them,Can you pump them up with an oil can squirter after they are cleaned.May want to replace if motor has much time on them.
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RE: Lifter Question
The lifters stay in the up position now. It was just when I first removed them that they were stuck in the down position. I didn't try to pump them up with oil. The bike is a 1978-FLH 80" with about 25,000 miles on it as far as I can tell. So yeah, I was kinda' thinking about replacing the lifters, but I was trying to keep my costs down, (about $90.00 bucks apiece!)
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