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[12cvosoftail]

Hi all,

I just wanted to let you know the lifters failed at 24k miles. I was on my way to WA from TX and they failed about 475 miles into the trip. I turned around and rode home. 950 miles in one day was challenging. I am disappointed that they failed with such little mileage on the bike.

I no longer use the bike for touring, but rather weekend rides only. This way I'm not too far from home if another failure occurs. I'll have  to pick up an import bike for touring 

Happy and safe riding!

[Boatman]

Unfortunately, this is all to familiar with a 110..

[deldago]

You rode it 475 miles home with failed lifters and the engine didn't seize up?

[FlaHeatWave]

Another one of many, my '09 puked a lifter around 21.5k

[Jswerve]

Been there.

[aclass]

Very interesting that you could ride that long on a failed lifter without the thing missing or completely quitting.   Sorry to hear of the troubles.

[mark]

No lifter failure for me yet, but can someone explain exactly what fails on the lifter (i.e., what goes wrong)?

[aclass]

No lifter failure for me yet, but can someone explain exactly what fails on the lifter (i.e., what goes wrong)?

Typically,  the bearings in the roller tip fail causing the roller to stop rolling. Each time the cam lob tries to lifts it against the pressure of the valve spring, the infamous "chirp" occurs and subsequent slow explosion of metal shavings.

[JKM]

I can believe that anyone on this board has not changed out their lifters.  I changed mine on my 2008 SERK at about 7K miles in order to avoid potential troubles.  why do we keep hearing about members who seem to think they can take the risk and wait for the lifter to fail before replacing.  I just don't get it.

[DICKW]

I can believe that anyone on this board has not changed out their lifters.  I changed mine on my 2008 SERK at about 7K miles in order to avoid potential troubles.  why do we keep hearing about members who seem to think they can take the risk and wait for the lifter to fail before replacing.  I just don't get it.

Many members have, some haven't.

[lowflight]

I am assuming that your bike is 2012?

Has anyone heard of failures with the 13 bearings or lifters? I haven't heard of any yet and am hopeful that the change has fixed this on going problem.

[ice6900]

50k miles with a 2007 110B,   if it aint broken dont fix it!

[HD Street Performance]

I intend to fix mine (13 CVO RK) and with all the clatter in my opinion it is broken even though the parts may not have actually failed yet. heads will be coming off, valve springs changed, lighter weight valves and very different lifters from the OEM.

[lowflight]

I intend to fix mine (13 CVO RK) and with all the clatter in my opinion it is broken even though the parts may not have actually failed yet. heads will be coming off, valve springs changed, lighter weight valves and very different lifters from the OEM.

I agree with you and see that at some point in my future as well. BUT I am hopeful that bearing changes in 13 have done the trick to stop the failures.

[T-Roy]

I agree with you and see that at some point in my future as well. BUT I am hopeful that bearing changes in 13 have done the trick to stop the failures.

I am hoping the same thing. So far so good on the "13 SERK. I have right at 21,000 miles now. However i have a trip to Sturgis planned next year so I may consider doing something before that long trip. After all I have been contemplating new cams anyway