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Sep 5, 2011 | 09:32 AM

#11

DTTJGlide

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From: North Cental Iowa

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Originally Posted by 1flhtk4me

With 74000 miles,is it worth it to do top end work and nothing to the bottom?

Yes, the 88's are much less prone to have crank problems & many have gone well over 100k with no bottom end trouble. At 74K the big issue is the cam tensioners, I would recommend anyone buying a 99-06 to know what has been done to address this issue. If buying from a dealer & with unknown history, I wouldn't leave the dealership until they were checked.

Sep 5, 2011 | 09:36 AM

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1flhtk4me

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From: Billings,Mt.

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Originally Posted by DTTJGlide

At 74K the big issue is the cam tensioners, I would recommend anyone buying a 99-06 to know what has been done to address this issue. If buying from a dealer & with unknown history, I wouldn't leave the dealership until they were checked.

Hopefully the OP was aware of this!If not he knows now.

Sep 5, 2011 | 10:34 AM

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Ultra89Rider

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From: SoCal & West TN

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Originally Posted by 1flhtk4me

Hopefully the OP was aware of this!If not he knows now.

I have found that most are not aware of this problem.

Sep 6, 2011 | 08:27 PM

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mestude

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From: Washington,MI

If anyone else has any info on most performance out of slip ons, best A/C . You know that kind of thing....I have read that switching to hydraulic cam tensioners and maybe to 21'scan make a huge difference, but that seems expensive, as I don't want to tackle that myself