Cams and valvetrain life, stock Vs aftermarket?
Road Warrior
Joined: Mar 2008
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From: Oh
Here are pics of stock lifter rollers and cam lobes from a 2012 RGC 103 with 15,000 miles on it. Mobil one VTwin oil changed regularly. As you can see problems are not too far down the road with stock components. I put Andrews 57h cams in with a good used set of HD "B" lifters in it. One thing I noticed was that the stock cams in this 2012 HD are made of several parts welded together instead of one piece of quality steel. Previous stock HD cams from a 2000 Road King and 2006 Deluxe were the one piece design - I wonder how much money the MOCO saved from cheapening out on a vital engine component. BTW my crank runout was .006 - really sucks - the crank runout in my 2000 RK was .001 Slowly but surely my love of HD is reduced by this cost cutting BS
Seasoned HDF Member
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If you don't like what you see here, you may not like what you will see on 2011 and newer bikes. The lack of bushings being used in the first two items on the list were enough for me. These changes were why I did not buy a 2011 and bought a 2010, my last Harley. The MOCO continues to cost cut these bikes but, the motor is where you should not cut corners. Time will tell, if the newer Harleys develop problems from not using these bushings.
Glad I got an 09 for the same reason(s) Dave, and it will also be my last.
Road Master
Joined: Oct 2009
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From: SE TN
If you don't like what you see here, you may not like what you will see on 2011 and newer bikes. The lack of bushings being used in the first two items on the list were enough for me. These changes were why I did not buy a 2011 and bought a 2010, my last Harley. The MOCO continues to cost cut these bikes but, the motor is where you should not cut corners. Time will tell, if the newer Harleys develop problems from not using these bushings.
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