Hi there...! Me again
ok, Saturday was quite busy... I am waiting for the bearing puller/instal tool to be finally machined so I have more time for other things.
Today I did the cleaning of the stuff, of course some photos below.
And there will be questions as well
I have preserved and renovated the push rod tubes - using "best friend" steel wool of course #0000, compressed air, brake cleaner etc.


They were nasty dirty and I assume noone had a look in there since bike left factory 20 years ago
I have cleaned up and protected the springs with the hi-temp spray greese.
Here comparison of finished one vs the stuff I took out from the bike


I have cleaned up the insides, and put some fresh harley oil there to preserve them from inside until they start to operate

here ready to be packed...


I have also cleaned up all the bolts, cover surfaces, rocker arms breathers and so on and so on. What is left is to clean up the engine and the place for gaskets over there etc.

And here the question.
Can you please have a look at the tappets...they have marks of wear...but I cannot feel anything under the fingers or nails. Can they still be used according to you Guys ?







While I was taking off the cam plate... i squeezed the black shoe... and it broke... but it was quite used and fragile as mentioned before. - Have a new one already


I also found this in the breather



And finally everything put back together in the boxes, marked and cleaned. both cylinders separate.



To be continued...

 

I would do lifters based on age, regardless of what they looked like on outside

Got to work with a pro. Everything was scrubeed in parts washer and blown off. I need to get my shop set up better for that.

 

I'd replace the breathers and the lifters if I were you. Good job so far!

 

If you want to see what all needs to be done, there are some very elaborate video's on You Tube that you can watch.

 

The list is getting bigger and bigger..
need to think about that. It is another 200usd more or less to already ehhh...probably will have to pay that ...

 

Forgot to mention, the little round rubber "umbrella" under the foam in the breathers is most likely dried out and not functioning properly. Those at minimum (foam too) should be replaced.

 

That's usually what happens with a Harley... 😏

 

The foam and umbrela is in the set of gaskets.
But The problem is that brathers are glued together so I can Just change The foam.

 

That's why most people upgrade to the newer metal stamped version. I believe they require new bolts too otherwise the old bolts don't fit. I have heard of some disassembling the plastic ones and rebuilding them but I've never done it. Hopefully someone else who has can chime in.

 

Not saying right, but I just used cometic breathers. Only got 600 miles this time. 50k last time. Have some blow by. Just add oil. Curious if new pump will help.