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Hydaulic Tensioners shot at 20k!!!

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Old 04-08-2012, 09:29 AM
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This should really be posted on the general forum, doesn't the lemon law thing that you have in the States cover this sort of thing ?
 
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Old 04-08-2012, 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by RIPSAW
Totally agree. In fact Harley tried to hide the problem in bikes like mine in saying they fixed the problem with the hydralic tensioners. They still sell the update hydralic kit with only the front roller chain and leave the link in the back. If the back linkchain sprockets were replaceable (like the front) on the cams for the roller chain you would not need to replace cams
But the gears are not the same between both chains, so the cams have to be changed no matter what.
 
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Old 04-08-2012, 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by magna
This should really be posted on the general forum, doesn't the lemon law thing that you have in the States cover this sort of thing ?
Only on new bikes bought new and the first couple years.
 
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Old 04-08-2012, 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Blk and Chrome
Thats the problem, looks like someone cheaped out and didn't replace the cams and inner chain. You go half azz thats what you get and don't bitch with the result
Exactly! All roller or nothing!
 
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Old 04-08-2012, 11:25 AM
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I put gear cams in my 2002 RK.

Are you guys saying this is only a problem with the upgrade kit and that it was installed incorrectly, and that my 2011 will be ok?

Or should I plan on gear cams for it too?
 
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Old 04-08-2012, 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by poppavein
I put gear cams in my 2002 RK.

Are you guys saying this is only a problem with the upgrade kit and that it was installed incorrectly, and that my 2011 will be ok?

Or should I plan on gear cams for it too?

Link chain at 30k. Maybe 20 K left. Roller at 90K. Rollers rolling on inner center. Deep as the grooves will get.
 
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Old 04-08-2012, 05:02 PM
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Yea I don't think the pad problem will ever go away, even if you upgrade to hydraulic.
I think I will just have to eventually go for new cams and gears. I just wonder how much longer I have being at 15k miles right now...
And then I gotta save up for the gears, cams and labor, oi!
 
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Old 04-08-2012, 06:12 PM
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Mine went at 48k

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/softa...865-miles.html

I now have 65k on my bike. I will check them again this coming winter. Should have something north of 85k by then.
 
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Old 04-08-2012, 07:01 PM
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I'm at 73,500 and all is well. '08 Heritage.
 
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Old 04-08-2012, 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Blk and Chrome
Thats the problem, looks like someone cheaped out and didn't replace the cams and inner chain. You go half azz thats what you get and don't bitch with the result

I followed the refer back over here.

This was a Screaming Eagle kit, the instructions that cam with the kit said to use the old chain. I was not trying to be cheap, if they had told me to buy a new chain and cam, then I would have gone a different way, gears, or gone with the new inner chain.
I am not whinning, I am just passing on my experience.
This was done over a year ago and the kit was fairly new, and I was one of the first to install it and write about it.
 
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