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[JustBill]

Hearing so much hype on the wear and tear on the cam shoes, I was wondering what the members of this board think of replacing the chain driven cams with gear driven cams.  Thanks for your input. [smiley=confused5.gif]

[Screamin]

Many, if not most, are going to change. Lot's of threads here. See http://flhrsei.org/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1128032274 for one.

[hd-dude]

Hearing so much hype on the wear and tear on the cam shoes, I was wondering what the members of this board think of replacing the chain driven cams with gear driven cams.  Thanks for your input. [smiley=confused5.gif]

Do a search for gear drive cams, there is a bunch of info here (with pics) on why to change them. Bottom line is that it is a crap shoot how long they will last. I have seen some a t 8k that have started to loose chunks of the shoe and destroy the oils pump. Here's a thread on some that ireplaced that had 15k on the clock: http://flhrsei.org/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1125534944/0

[nidan]

I've seen the damage done , so I'm going with gear drives with my 95 build.
(Andrews TW37G)

[DCFIREMANN]

Even at $600.00 for the cams and gears it is still cheap insurance. Don't forget to change the cam bearings (inner ) the outers have to be changed to fit the new cams

Be Safe

THE DAWG

[Ed45]

What are the consequences to gear drive failure? Thanks, Ed

[CBW]

you'll also notice that your motor will respond better with the gear drive cams

[sandrzr]

I had mine done on my 04 pumpkin at 38k. One of them was almost gone but got it in time

[cahdbiker]

JustBill,When you get ready to change to gear drive cams make sure your mechanic checks the runout on your crank end before you do the swap. If it is more then the recommended amount your gear drive will be very noisy. My friend had this happen on his 03 Dyna.After that he installed a 103 inch kit and when it was apart they trued the crank.  That cured the noise. (of course he had to buy a new set of cam gears by that time).CAHDBIKER

[HDDOCFL]

IMOH  I would replace with the 07  up style camplate and pump with hydro tensioners.   Doc

[emt364]

Was considering doing the conversion, spoke to a dealer service tech and he said that since the new style tensioner they have not had the problem of premature failure. This is a dealer that would have done the job if I had wanted. Think I will take his advice and wait

[skyman]

find a good outlaw shop with a machinst.  SS 570 gear drive cams.  Weld the crank in place so it won't slip.  Oh---deck the heads 30 thou, swap the pistons and rings, polish port and a pro pipe while your at it.

110 hp 120 torque

[Hoist!]

find a good outlaw shop with a machinst.  SS 570 gear drive cams.  Weld the crank in place so it won't slip.  Oh---deck the heads 30 thou, swap the pistons and rings, polish port and a pro pipe while your at it.

110 hp 120 torque

Don't forget to change the barrels to Axtells, and do some head work if you're gonna go thru all this work! Maybe even look at the S&S 585 cams. And if the crank's out, do the Timken conversion!

Hoist!