Had a strange noise besides the dreaded lifter clack clack the dealers
tell you is normal (yea right, 22 years as a wrench and I've never heard
that to be normal) Anyhow off my rant, you folks that have a strange
ticking type growing coming from the lower end may be surprised at what
you find, take a look at this secondary cam chain tensioner, the primary
tensioner wasn't far behind it, the guide wasn't too bad, while taking
this apart, I checked everything in there, pulling the rockers shafts
lifters and inspecting every thing, and EVERYTHING Looks great, barley
any signs of wear no scratching of lifters or the bore, I was really
surprised to see this adj. in such bad shape especially as clean and
smooth as everything else looks, The oiling system must be MUCH better
on these tc's than the evo's shovels ect, this was not caused from lack
of oil by any means, everything else is too perfect, one other thing I
run 50wt in winter and 70wt in summer, I live in florida high temps but
about one month a year
The bike, 2001 FLHT, bone stock, never run hard, oil changed 2500-3000
miles since the 1k, hell I even changed the oil on it on the way home
from the dealer I bought it at, around 300 miles. Darn near all the
miles are touring back roads around 65-75mph
tell you is normal (yea right, 22 years as a wrench and I've never heard
that to be normal) Anyhow off my rant, you folks that have a strange
ticking type growing coming from the lower end may be surprised at what
you find, take a look at this secondary cam chain tensioner, the primary
tensioner wasn't far behind it, the guide wasn't too bad, while taking
this apart, I checked everything in there, pulling the rockers shafts
lifters and inspecting every thing, and EVERYTHING Looks great, barley
any signs of wear no scratching of lifters or the bore, I was really
surprised to see this adj. in such bad shape especially as clean and
smooth as everything else looks, The oiling system must be MUCH better
on these tc's than the evo's shovels ect, this was not caused from lack
of oil by any means, everything else is too perfect, one other thing I
run 50wt in winter and 70wt in summer, I live in florida high temps but
about one month a year
The bike, 2001 FLHT, bone stock, never run hard, oil changed 2500-3000
miles since the 1k, hell I even changed the oil on it on the way home
from the dealer I bought it at, around 300 miles. Darn near all the
miles are touring back roads around 65-75mph