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[Toddster]

Curious. How much does it cost to have lifters replaced?

[ultrafxr]

Curious. How much does it cost to have lifters replaced?

Quite a bit when they come apart and trash your motor.   

[Toddster]

Absent that

[phato1]

Absent that

If you do it yourself it's about $400 for S&S lifters and adjustable pushrods and of course the lifter block gaskets. Dealer cost will of course be more since they will probably charge a few hours labor.

Now again if the bike is still under warranty and making noises on the right side of the engine it should be covered under warranty once the source of the noise is found....

[muddypaws]

After starting this post and 600 more miles the missing has gone away. I have no excessive lifter noise. I did on the 2009 and the dealer replaced them. I know the thought that when you have a noise and it goes away that's not always a good thing....

[phato1]

have you changed the plugs and altered riding habits by cruising at a higher RPM? Or did the symptoms just go away on their own? Perhaps you area gas stations got some bad fuel.   

[muddypaws]

I changed nothing. I'm going to run the RPM up a bit when driving when I drive from now on...I'm sure the problem will be back in about 9 weeks when the warranty runs out....

[ffltjeff]

Bad gas?   As the cable guy  would say Sounds like it had the walking farts

[muddypaws]

Missing is back. Here is what I noticed after changing the plugs. About every 300-400 miles i get a miss. At idle every once in a while I get a 50 rpm drop. I have the Fullsac header pipe and baffles with their tuner. I have gone 37,000 miles without a problem and now this comes up 8 weeks before the warranty expires. I know they will try and blame Fullsac and the tuner. I have a call into Steve to see what he thinks.Thoughts.

[sadunbar]

Missing is back. Here is what I noticed after changing the plugs. About every 300-400 miles i get a miss. At idle every once in a while I get a 50 rpm drop. I have the Fullsac header pipe and baffles with their tuner. I have gone 37,000 miles without a problem and now this comes up 8 weeks before the warranty expires. I know they will try and blame Fullsac and the tuner. I have a call into Steve to see what he thinks.Thoughts.

And no misfire codes?  For the minimal investment, I'd at least change plugs and plug wires....

[North Georgia Hawg]

No idea what the problem is... but I do NOT trust H-D lifters at all. There are MANY stories about stock lifters failing ad ruining the bottom end.

I run Headquarters Black Ops lifters. They are much quieter than H-D lifters, and I've never had a problem with them.

Ken

[HILLSIDECYCLE.COM]

What is the plug color?
Scott

[muddypaws]

I replaced the plugs and the burn color is light grey.

[muddypaws]

Bike is still missing. Today it missed for about 15 times in one mile. Then I drove 80 miles without one miss. I can't see it being a fuel filter or fuel problem as I have gone through at least 10 fill ups.
With it being not that frequent could it be plug wires. People are talking about lifters but would bad lifters cause the problem all the time? I had bad lifters in my 2009 and had them replace but they did not make the motor miss.

[sadunbar]

Bike is still missing. Today it missed for about 15 times in one mile. Then I drove 80 miles without one miss. I can't see it being a fuel filter or fuel problem as I have gone through at least 10 fill ups.
With it being not that frequent could it be plug wires. People are talking about lifters but would bad lifters cause the problem all the time? I had bad lifters in my 2009 and had them replace but they did not make the motor miss.

Then I'd replace the crank sensor.  It's another mildly inexpensive component that's easy to change that could cause your symptoms.  And it typically doesn't throw a code.  My best friend/riding buddy experienced symptoms similar to your a year or so ago, and a crank sensor fixed it for him....

(and in the back of my mind, I seriously hope you're not going thru what Jerry (Ultrafx) warned you about earlier in this thread..)