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cam chain tensioner shoes
« on: January 13, 2007, 09:49:59 PM »
Well got 40,000 miles on her and the cam chain tesioner shoes are shot,even starting to crack in some area's,caught it just in time....ride-on,headpan
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Re:  cam chain tensioner shoes
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2007, 11:15:44 AM »
How did you know you needed to replace the tensioner? Was it making a noise or were you already inside checking something else and found it? My bike has 50K so I may need to look into this before a problem happens out on the road.
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Re:  cam chain tensioner shoes
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2007, 05:49:04 PM »
every 20,000 I do an inspection,,,
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Re:  cam chain tensioner shoes
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2007, 05:57:00 PM »
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every 20,000 I do an inspection,,,


If I'd have waited that long mine might have been self-reporting.
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Re:  cam chain tensioner shoes
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2007, 05:59:42 PM »
yeah, it will be every 15,000 now!!
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Re:  cam chain tensioner shoes
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2007, 10:40:40 PM »
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How did you know you needed to replace the tensioner? Was it making a noise or were you already inside checking something else and found it? My bike has 50K so I may need to look into this before a problem happens out on the road.

Check out this thread http://flhrsei.org/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1167674428
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Re:  cam chain tensioner shoes
« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2007, 06:57:59 PM »
well, here they are...
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« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2007, 06:59:31 PM »
and...
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« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2007, 07:00:27 PM »
remember,,only 40,000 miles on-em
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« Reply #9 on: January 25, 2007, 07:02:19 PM »
thinkn about going back too an Evo....!!
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Re:  cam chain tensioner shoes
« Reply #10 on: January 25, 2007, 07:14:02 PM »
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thinkn about going back too an Evo....!!
Why not just try gear drive cams?

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Re:  cam chain tensioner shoes
« Reply #11 on: January 25, 2007, 07:53:22 PM »
Thanks for the resize on the pic's my friend...I'm not good at all with the Pc!!.....I thought about the gear drive,read about their pro's & con's...still had the extended warranty so this trip was covered,,,still though,,,to have to do this every 30,000 miles  or so,,,or spend some bucks and get the gear drive....I have had my softail for 18 years,,the first motor had well over 100,000, trouble free miles(other then a fresh ring job & base gaskett replace & 60,000 miles)....dont get me wrong ,I love my glide,but an evo motor inside her and that would be cool with me !!..Evo is by far the most (RELIEABLE) motor harley has ever made....I figured the motor co. would had resolved this issue long ago with the tensioners on the twin cam.......
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Re:  cam chain tensioner shoes
« Reply #12 on: January 25, 2007, 08:26:23 PM »
Hey HP, I agree with you on the Evo as HD's most reliable motor. My '85 FXWG still has the original Evo with shovelhead bottom end. I did a top end at 48K mi., because I wanted to get better performance. I did the heads, cams and put in 10:1's. That was 5 years ago and the thing still does 12.9's at the track. In '05 anyway, but I'm still running that same set-up. This 110" is my third TC motor. I traded my '00 in at 35k mi in '02 for my '03, and was basically ignorant about the shoes then. My '03 is being sold now and only has 8500 mi. No issues there. Now I have the 110" with all the crazy stories that go with it. It just seems that either by EPA req'ts. or trying to save $, HD is making us set-up our own motors for proper operation, to keep them from self-destructing. So in 2 Years, it's gear drive cams. Seems like the only solution. Quite frankly, I still can't comprehend why HD never did that. Looking at everyone's worn shoes, that system has to go! ;) Hoist! 8-)
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Re:  cam chain tensioner shoes
« Reply #13 on: January 25, 2007, 08:38:46 PM »
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remember,,only 40,000 miles on-em

I think 40K on shoes is pushing it just a little.  OK, alot.  No more than 20K, and either the shoes get swapped, or gear drive goes in.  You're lucky to have gotten that far without catastrophic self-destruction.
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Re:  cam chain tensioner shoes
« Reply #14 on: January 25, 2007, 09:27:04 PM »
What's up hoist?? Man your 80 inch was runnin' pretty good....my 86'(pictured) has an s&s 93 inch motor,,jims oil  pump,jims roller rockers,jims hydrosolids in jims tappet blocks..branch heads  & lienweber cam,,and with no wheelie bars I was running 12 flat at the track ..almost had my 11 sec ticket..gave up at the track a long time ago though...she's just a street beater now!! ...
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