my mechanic has the heads offs and he called me to say someone previously grinded the rockers. I bought the bike used (2008 SERK) with about 2,800miles. It had the stock cam (255 cam) so not sure why someone would have grinded the rockers. Anyone have any thoughts on why this might have been done?
Jason
Are you sure he said they ground the actual rocker arms, or perhaps they ground the rocker box. That was necessary on early 110's to keep the valve spring retainers from rubbing the box. It was a known problem that Harley finally acknowledged in a bulletin.
If someone really did grind the rocker arms, I can't imagine why they would do that. I don't think new rocker arms are all that expensive, so unless they knew they were planning to sell it and just wanted a cheap fix to get rid of the bike, I can't think of a valid reason to grind one.
Jerry