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Old 10-05-2011, 10:55 PM
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I am gonna change cams on my street glide. What can I expect to pay in labor costs?
 
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4hrs labor. get shop labor rate and do the math..;-) Dont pay anymore than 4 hrs
 
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Don't pay. Do it yourself. My dealer wanted 8hrs to do it. Another indie wanted 4hrs but wanted to keep my bike for 2 weeks. I did it in a weekend for next to nothing. If you follow directions well its easy to do.
 
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Thanks guys. I may try it.
 
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8HRS!!! 8 Hrs should be for entire BB install?? Thats crazy, smart move on doing it yourself. Cam change is very straight forward and Im very glad I did it myself as well.
 
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4 hrs, like said above.
 
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You will be surprised how easy it really is if you do it yourself, not sure of your mechanical abilities. Good luck.
 
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The only reason I would pay to have it done is my headers where such a pain to get on, I'd rather pay someone to do it than go through that again...... If I were to change to Tru Duals, I'll do it myself.

8hrs is way to much though.
 
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Originally Posted by hougz79
The only reason I would pay to have it done is my headers where such a pain to get on, I'd rather pay someone to do it than go through that again...... If I were to change to Tru Duals, I'll do it myself.

8hrs is way to much though.
I just put TW-555 in my 2012 SG, it took 3 nights @ 2hrs a night.
 
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Anyone who can change the oil and filter in their bike can manage a cam change.

Get the manual, search the forums, there's a bunch of threads on it.

There's a pretty good video on youtube that goes through the process, start to finish.


http://youtu.be/n5KvamRqCis
 

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