Cam Chains 2002 glide
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RE: Cam Chains 2002 glide
ORIGINAL: xxxflhrci
I believe you saw some stripped gears. I also believe that your dealer is not being truthful about what happened to them.
ORIGINAL: Mako Shark
I was planning on switching to the gear drive set up, but when I talked to our Dealer, he whips out two sets of gear drive setups that were stripped out. He showed them to me. The teeth were sheared right off.
I was planning on switching to the gear drive set up, but when I talked to our Dealer, he whips out two sets of gear drive setups that were stripped out. He showed them to me. The teeth were sheared right off.
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RE: Cam Chains 2002 glide
ORIGINAL: jhsledhed
I have 17500 miles on my 02'. It started making a noise almost like lifter noise. Anyway My mechanic said it is pretty common to wear them out if you ride harder than normal. Well I do. He said they have done about 200 switches to the direct gear cam drivers with push rods. Is this the best option? They are from S&S.
I have 17500 miles on my 02'. It started making a noise almost like lifter noise. Anyway My mechanic said it is pretty common to wear them out if you ride harder than normal. Well I do. He said they have done about 200 switches to the direct gear cam drivers with push rods. Is this the best option? They are from S&S.
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RE: Cam Chains 2002 glide
Hey Mako, Let me send your dealer friend a couple pics of my whole cam plate and crankshaft that was torn up when my chain tensioner blew out. Had to replace the crank/flywheel. I was lucky that there was no top end damage but it was still $3500 worth ofrepairs and a $600 Uhaul bill.You have a $20-25K bike with a $25 chaintensioner.....what's wrong with thispicture?! My indy says he sees one or twotensioer failures a week. The damage is not usually as bad as mine but where mine happened I couldn't stop for awhile so it did more damage.Don't hesitate to go with gear cams,I went with S&S 585G and love them. Noticeably more pop and that nice lope at idle do to the higher lift and more duration.
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RE: Cam Chains 2002 glide
ORIGINAL: Icepickvic
Any word on woods cams and their gear drive setup?
Any word on woods cams and their gear drive setup?
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RE: Cam Chains 2002 glide
I'm a happy camper with my gear drive. I did the same as xxxflhrci and got the whole shabang from american classic motors on ebay for $535 to my door. I bought a nifty little combination tool for the inner bearings that works great and got a good deal on the adjustables and also went with new lifters that were about $50 (gaterman lifters that are HD "B" equivalents).
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