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I am a member of the Head Quarters teck page and there is a lot of talk about HD lifters
they have changed suppliers, and there is a lot of issues and "fixes" for them.
but its a turkey shoot even with the aftermarket. you may have to get a couple of oppions to verify if its normal or abby-normal.
the owner of HQ even put his own lifters in a recent build of his own, and one of thoses was junk right out of the box!
I have installed gear drive cams and they are .575 lift, and she whirrs and clacks alittle, but she hits on both cylinders and ***** and gets when im on the throttle!
If that Al Gore c*cksmoker has his way you will be riding an electric Harley in a few years anyway .... so just hang in there dude
ORIGINAL: beauty
Any one know why the 07 96 inch engines make so much noise? Will using a heavy weight oil help quiet the value noise? Mine sounds like my mother's 50 year old sewing machine.
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