New camshafts
Road Warrior
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But good advice on the freezer, it will make them go in easier.
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I keep seeing posts that say HD's bearings aren't any good and to replace them with those made by Torrington. It's no big deal to use the Torringtons if that's your preference. But why slam the ones from HD? They don't fail any more than Torringtons. And that's extremely very seldom. I see a lot of posts trashing the parts HD uses. No hard evidence behind what's said though. Just out-of-the-air opinions of some. If all the stuff HD uses is junk why would anybody ever want to own one?
Road Warrior
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I keep seeing posts that say HD's bearings aren't any good and to replace them with those made by Torrington. It's no big deal to use the Torringtons if that's your preference. But why slam the ones from HD? They don't fail any more than Torringtons. And that's extremely very seldom. I see a lot of posts trashing the parts HD uses. No hard evidence behind what's said though. Just out-of-the-air opinions of some. If all the stuff HD uses is junk why would anybody ever want to own one?
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From: Central Illinois
You would think that after nearly 15 years of production of the Twin Cam, Harley would have gotten the message and put in proper inner cam bearings from the factory. To this day, you have to change bearings when doing a cam upgrade on a Twin Cam. Hell, Harley even sells the bearings in their Screamin' Eagle catalog so even they know they need upgraded. Why they continue to use a bearing supposedly not suitable for anything other than a stock camshaft is stupid as hell, especially since they have a catalog full of different camshafts to sell you.
However, I would be willing to bet the stock bearings will hold up for most cams people on here use. I knew a guy who didn't change bearings on one of the early Twin Cams, with the smaller bearings, when he put in some higher lift cams and never had a problem. But, I would still change them and will be doing so on my engine soon when I do a cam change.
However, I would be willing to bet the stock bearings will hold up for most cams people on here use. I knew a guy who didn't change bearings on one of the early Twin Cams, with the smaller bearings, when he put in some higher lift cams and never had a problem. But, I would still change them and will be doing so on my engine soon when I do a cam change.
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Does that really work???? That's a damn good idea!
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I keep seeing posts that say HD's bearings aren't any good and to replace them with those made by Torrington. It's no big deal to use the Torringtons if that's your preference. But why slam the ones from HD? They don't fail any more than Torringtons. And that's extremely very seldom. I see a lot of posts trashing the parts HD uses. No hard evidence behind what's said though. Just out-of-the-air opinions of some. If all the stuff HD uses is junk why would anybody ever want to own one?