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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 12:41 PM
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Just got my roadking back from the shop they installed a screamin eagle cam chain tensioner and discovered one of the cams where it fits into the needle bearing was pre worn so they installed another stock cam in its place now its totally guttless What happened ? It worn rev out Help!
 
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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 12:44 PM
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Is it possible what was in the bike originally wasn't a stock cam?


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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 12:45 PM
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take it back. sounds like it might be a tooth off. but they fixed it, they should fix it right.

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Is it possible what was in the bike originally wasn't a stock cam?


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that would definitely run funky, 1 stock cam, 1 non-stock.....
 
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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 01:11 PM
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Im original owner 05 roadking classic Ill take it back Tuesday no upper end
 
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Old Nov 28, 2012 | 04:21 PM
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I took my road king back to find out why I lost so much power ,Bill discovered that the O ring in the oil pump was pinched and it backed up the oil causing it to lose power Now it runs great
 
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Old Nov 28, 2012 | 04:50 PM
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glad for the happy ending....
 
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Old Nov 28, 2012 | 04:55 PM
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Whew! Glad to hear a quick and happy ending.

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Old Nov 28, 2012 | 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by coolmoto
I took my road king back to find out why I lost so much power ,Bill discovered that the O ring in the oil pump was pinched and it backed up the oil causing it to lose power Now it runs great
Nobody bats a thousand. They fixed it.
It ain't about what you do, it's what you do about it.
 
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At least they were truthful about the issue. Glad you got it fixed.
 
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