I used s&s quickie pushrods love them comes with all new o rings and tubes, used a little blue locktite no problems.

 

Nice tip on the clothes pin.

I used red loctite and just heated the nut up a bit and it broke free. I like the extra security you get from the loctite, but probably not really necessary.

 

Some interesting thoughts..https://www.hdforums.com/forum/gener...-pushrods.html

The Harley PDF on the SE pushrods calls for no loctite or mention a torque. However does in the video by fuelmoto on them at the end. If I used the bike for long trips, best security in my opinion would be what you have. But obviously when done correctly just as good. Were I post a torque, it was for the nut size. I would do it like moto, but notice in the video, he is not to consistent in how he tightens if you watch closely....

 

Yea. Got kinda touchy there in spots :-)

 

I have the SE adjustables in mine for 50K miles & only had one loosen up on me, but I was cranking on it (@ redline or maybe a little over). But readjusted all of them & made sure I got a good tight grip on the lock nuts, no loctite. It's been around 30K miles since then.

Toby

 

If you use the S&S quickie adjustables you have new tubes, plenty of room to adjust, no need to remove lifter block, and a more finely adjustable rod (32 pitch) vs the SE pitch of 24. No locktite required and no cracked nuts. Once you tighten the jam nut, they are rock solid.

 

4 paper clips and 2 rubber bands works better than the supplied tool.

 

 

Cracked jam nuts on the se rods are a thing of the distant past. Seemed a little common 4-5 years ago but none recently. I went with them for additional clearance. I have a nearly new set of s&s rods that can be had cheap. Less than 3k miles on em.

 

Is there a big difference in weight of the stock push rods as compared to SE or the s&s quickie?