He took it in yearly and had it serviced. I ride moderately but not too gentle. And help support us at the same time? Pissed at Harley about this. Thanx BobFrankly speaking, this is the reason why Harley gets so much vitriol these days from the sportbike and metric cruiser crowd. Incidentally, the new engines use the same coolant blend as the V-Rod, a 50/50 premix that uses long life coolant. My buddy did the same mod on his 05 RK and now has 110,000 trouble free miles on his 88. EPA noise regulations) is moot as they still sell the Sportster to this day, not to mention that chain-driven systems have been implemented before without any egregious issue.I don’t like the choices here. And, what makes this runout situation worse? We also did an episode on LAB-73-Harley Davidson Twin Cam Chain Tensioner Problem 1999-2006 | Are Other Years Affected?I have 2007 road King custom,110k miles cam chain tensioner they have a small Grove in the shoes but how long will they last. Techline section written by Donny Peterson of Heavy Duty cycle states that he is finding problems with all twin cams engines. I can’t believe Harley didn’t make this problem right.I have a 2004 Wide Glide with 21,000 – If I buy the S&S 510 Gear Drive Cam Kit, what else do I need?Make sure and buy it from a reputable dealer. He’s always had a bike and used to work on his own but just couldn’t do it anymore.
Is the cam shoe problem still there with the 2009 and newer bikes, yes, but not to the great extent it was before. Quote:"We are finding damaged Ina inner cam … I have the 2004 Harley-davidson electraglide Classic FLHTCI. They could be pinched and not allowing for excess pressure to be released, in turn, popping the oil cap.Helping & connecting as many bikers as we can worldwide! The compensating sprocket buffers torque from the engine and the limitations with this part may be most obvious in newer, big bore engines. Harley has not issued a recall. To put it simply, would you pass on a gorgeous low mileage 2002 Fat Boy because of this issue, or try to dicker down the price based on this info? Is my bike “infected”? They also went to a new style chain. This HD kit does not change it to a gear driven system & you don’t get upgraded cams. The new design is very reliable and as of like 2009 I haven't heard of any problems with them. The best thing is that you will get upgraded cams on top of the rest of the upgrade kit, thus more performance. I am 76 years old do about 4000 miles a year on the bikes or will the bikes outlive me and save me money. Glad it was helpful. This disrupts the oil flow and tells the computer the oil level is low.
Then again, being its very low miles, maybe better to fix the issue now for about a grand, before the cams, crank and bearings have suffered much wear.
I have the 103 in my 2014 Street Glide. On the 2007 and later motors, hydraulic cam chain followers are now used to get rid of the stiff spring that put too much pressure on the followers rubbing on the cam chain. But that’s not entirely accurate. you just need to make sure that before you tighten the oil pump down and the camplate down to final torque that you rotate the engine over a couple of times with the oil pump and camplate bolts snug so everything can find its happy place due to the crankshaft run-out then tighten them down. I knew early on about the bearing issue for the TC88, and I was told my bike was not effected. You can listen on iTunes (Apple/IOS), Stitcher Radio (Android), or any other Podcast App ==> I have a 2000 police roadking. His work has appeared in Autoblog, Men's Journal, Robb Report, and Wired. I ride pretty hard. Indeed the cam chain shoes would wear out partly because of the shoe and partly because of the chain. There are companies making aftermarket kits for this and without labor they cost around $750.
I am now worried about this problem. My dad was 77 years old.