gear drive cams
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Joined: Jun 2009
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From: Hampshire UK
i have been reading up on gear drive cams, my indy want to inst all a set on my RG. i know i read about the run out on our cranks being out of tollerance for them. my question is what does it actually take to get gear drives to work in the new bikes? not saying im running gear or chain at this point and this is not a debate of which is better. im asking for my own knowledge if i want to put gear drive in my bike whats required??
Last edited by bikehunter; Apr 1, 2014 at 12:33 PM.
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From: King George, VA
I have an 06 Road Glide TC88. In 2009 I took it to Patriot Harley in Fairfax, VA for a 103 stroker build. Things were fine for about 35K miles when the head gasket went out on it. I took the bike to an indy for repairs and asked if he could install a gear drive cam. He checked the runout on the crank and found it was .019". Yeah, that's the stroker crank that Patriot installed. It tore up the oil pump and cam drive train and send shards of metal all through the motor. I had to rebuild the entire motor. I knew the build wouldn't be covered by warranty but I called the Patriot Service Manager anyway to let them know what happened to their build and without any details, he claimed the runout was my fault for not doing proper maintenance and that I probably never changed the oil and on and on.
Yeah, note to self, " Never, ever trust a Harley store again". (spit on the groound)
Yeah, note to self, " Never, ever trust a Harley store again". (spit on the groound)
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