Ironhead points
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Ironhead points
I had the local shop put my cam gears and cover back on and now it runs like crap. I noticed that when I checked the points gap that when I had it at the top of the lobe (where you would gage it at) that all of a sudden the cam lobe moved and my points closed. I never remember being able to wiggle that cam lobe back and forth. Should it not be fixed, stable, not move? Can someone tell me something?
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Yes, It should move. There is a weighted spring loaded breaker plate there to advance retard the timing. That is why you set the timing at a certain rpm. I sold my sportster along with the shop manual, but it is all in there. Just as a side note, my Sportster was an 84 which was electonic ign.. When the modual went bad I changed it over to points and condenser, along with the right coil for points ign. It worked great, and I could fix it.
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Yes, It should move. There is a weighted spring loaded breaker plate there to advance retard the timing. That is why you set the timing at a certain rpm. I sold my sportster along with the shop manual, but it is all in there. Just as a side note, my Sportster was an 84 which was electonic ign.. When the modual went bad I changed it over to points and condenser, along with the right coil for points ign. It worked great, and I could fix it.
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