Cam swap. Good news, bad news, good news, etc.

 35K on a 2005 Electra Glide. Figured it was about time for the cam
tensioners to shoot craps, so I took it apart.

Good news. The shoes weren't bad at all. (Pictures next door when I'm
done here.) Prolly coulda let 'em go, but I decided to replace 'em
anyway "just in case."

Bad news. Inner cam bearings were bad and they gobbled up the ends of
the cams. (Pictures next door.)

Good news. I found that they were bad while it was in the shop, not
while I was out on the road somewhere.

Bad news. Gotta call the CFO and tell her I need to spend a little more
than I had budgeted.

Good news. She isn't going to shoot me with a bazooka. In fact, she
hardly flinched when I told her. *I* flinched when I told her, but
that's just a survival instinct.

Waiting now for an oil pump pressure relief spring, which should be here
by Friday. Why, oh why, didn't I order it before? Now I gotta let the
bike sit in my shop with her innards hanging out all over.

I bought SE-203's. I know that if you ask 10 people which cam is best,
you'll get 11 different answers, but it seems that the 203's have a
little more grunt at the low end. I don't do any hot-rodding, so they
oughta be fine for me.

Andy aka Big Stinkie BS#252 SLOB#3

 

I got my engine build by telling the wife that the INA bearings on the cam
had a rep of letting go around 25k. And sure enough her Uncle was setting
along side the road on his 92, it let go at 29K. So at 25K I got a new cam.
Then a friend coming back from vacation had a bottom jug gasket leak on his
95. I told my wife that ours could do that to the stock gaskets were junk.
Well, out with the stock pistons and in with the new 10:1 wisco to match the
Crane H-286-2b. So all worked out good for me too!
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                   99 FLSTF
      I started out with nothing, and
      I just about have that paid for.

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 Andy aka Big Stinkie wrote:


I put 203's in mine when it was a 95". It's got 103" and SE-258 cams now.
Thought about going without chains but it was pretty new technology then. Wonder
how they're working out.

dp

 dp wrote:

Going with gear drive cams, or perhaps the new hydraulic tensioners will
be something for down the road for me. I would like the engine to be as
bullet proof as a Chevy small block. Just change the oil regularly, jump
on and ride season after season. Eliminating those tensioners would be
the first step.

Andy aka Big Stinkie BS#252 SLOB#3

 Andy aka Big Stinkie wrote:


Install a 302.  ;-)

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