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Old May 16, 2009 | 12:01 AM
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Getting the cam cover off is a bitch. I banged it with a rubber mallet several times. Slowly remove cam cover so that you don't pull the cams out also. That's another PITA if you do. Putting the cam cover back on is also PITA. At least for me, it took me several attempts to line it up and bang it back on (by hand, don't do it with the mallet).
This is exactly why I picked up a cam trim cover (skin) rather than the actual cover. Didn't want to mess with the cam gears, etc...

Looks OK IMO...
 
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Old May 16, 2009 | 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by gilmour68
This is exactly why I picked up a cam trim cover (skin) rather than the actual cover. Didn't want to mess with the cam gears, etc...

Looks OK IMO...

that does look good can you get it in black?
 
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Old May 16, 2009 | 09:35 PM
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you can buy a chrome one and sand and paint if not
 
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Old May 16, 2009 | 09:50 PM
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Buy the chrome set and have them powdercoated
 
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Old May 16, 2009 | 10:01 PM
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lot of extra money to buy those covers when he could just get a shop manual and remove the actual covers and powder coat those. Don't they run like $600 for the two msrp?
 
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Old May 17, 2009 | 11:20 AM
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They are expensive, but I got the primary cover for $55 off eBay, the sprocket cover for about the same. I couldn't find a cam cover at the time so I decided to go with the trim cover.

The original HD set of these 3 covers in chrome would run over $600. I paid a total of about $150-$175.
 
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Old May 17, 2009 | 12:28 PM
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I was talking about the trim covers, not the actual hard covers. buy a set of chrome trim covers and have them PC
 
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