Jims cam bearing removal/install tool???
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Jims cam bearing removal/install tool???
Hey guys, I'm getting ready to install my FM 107 kit here in the next week on my 2010 96" Road Glide. I should be getting the kit late next week. Anyway, my friend who used to own a bike shop loaned me his Jims cam bearing removal/install tools (part # 1279 removal tool and part # 787 install tool). Well after I got home and opened the box and looked at the part numbers more closely, the directions on the removal tool state for TC 2000-06 fxst, and 99-06 FL's. I'm no expert but it sounds like this is for the older TC engines. My question is has anyone used this (regardless what the directions say) on the newer engines? If it can't be used, are there any adapter pieces you can get to upgrade the current Jims tools to be used on the newer engines?
I'm going to call Jims on Monday but before I do I'd like here some of your experiences. I just don't want have to buy a needles part. However, I do want the right tools for the job. Thanks in advance.
I'm going to call Jims on Monday but before I do I'd like here some of your experiences. I just don't want have to buy a needles part. However, I do want the right tools for the job. Thanks in advance.
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The 07 and up engines have larger rear bearings. You need the correct puller and installer tools. You should be able to get the correct piece for the installer so it woll do both size beaings but the puller will not work.
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Just so I understand, the rear cam bearing is larger than the front? Is the front bearing the same size as the TC88? Is that why the tool will work for the front bearing and an adapter is needed for the rear bearing?
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when he said rear bearing he ment the bearings that are pressed in the case there are two since two cams. both bearings in the case are the same size. you have two bearings/bushings in cam plate, and two bearings in the back/case.
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Thanks for the clarification. I just misunderstood what he was saying.
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I might be better off getting the heartland products one as it is an all in one for about $30 cheaper on amazon. Have you heard if the heartland piece is any good or not?
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Those 'special' tools sure are costly...
Most of them I can make, or use scrap pieces from around the shop, which will do the same job just as well. They won't be pretty, but they will do the job. But then, most of us buy stuff for our bikes just because it IS pretty...
http://www.harborfreight.com/blind-h...ler-95987.html for inner cam bearings, and much less green spent. It even comes with different size collets, to cover a greater range of bearing sizes.
For installation, just use one of the old cams. Be sure to watch your 'depth of penetration'. (Some of us have had to face that problem more often than others!) Or, you could buy one of those pretty steel plates with a few holes drilled in it, and threads tapped into a couple of them, so that you could screw that pretty piece of all thread in and feel like you are using some really technical equipment. (It would take maybe an hour for me to scrounge around my shop, and cut/drill/tap one of those plates out. Not to mention saving myself another $175 more or less.)
Most of them I can make, or use scrap pieces from around the shop, which will do the same job just as well. They won't be pretty, but they will do the job. But then, most of us buy stuff for our bikes just because it IS pretty...
http://www.harborfreight.com/blind-h...ler-95987.html for inner cam bearings, and much less green spent. It even comes with different size collets, to cover a greater range of bearing sizes.
For installation, just use one of the old cams. Be sure to watch your 'depth of penetration'. (Some of us have had to face that problem more often than others!) Or, you could buy one of those pretty steel plates with a few holes drilled in it, and threads tapped into a couple of them, so that you could screw that pretty piece of all thread in and feel like you are using some really technical equipment. (It would take maybe an hour for me to scrounge around my shop, and cut/drill/tap one of those plates out. Not to mention saving myself another $175 more or less.)
Last edited by Def Mute; Jan 19, 2013 at 01:31 AM.
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I just used one of these to do my FM107 to remove and install cam bearings...works great. $114
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Harley-David...80822214217%26
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Harley-David...80822214217%26
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I just used one of these to do my FM107 to remove and install cam bearings...works great. $114
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Harley-David...80822214217%26
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Harley-David...80822214217%26
