First off BIG thanks to my Mentor and friend Dynatherapy.
Second off HDWRENCH as a vendor is second to NONE!
Now the tale:
Up early, off for a quick 40 mile blast and go visit with my kids. 3/4 way there, 4 lane, 65-75 mph, she starts to clatter a little louder than I am used to, same motor rhythm, just louder. No loss of power! Get to the kids house, let it idle for a minuet, yep loud as hell. Shut it down, looked at the gages and oil psi is about 10 or so at idle, oil temp 190. Shut it down. Hang out with the kids an hour or so and need to go. Start it, is still loud, no oil any where, oil was checked at start full as since the change. No smoke out the pipes, just loud. OK say I am going to run it for home, tools, lift, manual.
Find that if I keep it at load, light throttle at all times, noise lessens and it is only about half as loud as normal, have to make a stop at a light and man it is clamoring, oil psi 10 at idle, 38-40 on load, oil temp 190-200. Again no loss of power! Although I was in no hurry to run it to the 6400 red line either. Finally get it home and shut it down. Let cool, start the bike, stereoscope in ear start probing. I had thought the Comp nut was coming off again. Nope just a nice whir. Next front jug, lot going on but just the "normal" sounds. Rear, and a whole lot of not "normal" going on. Move around bike and probe from the top down and it gets louder. Hit the rear tappet block and just behind it and reached up and shut it down.
Well guess that is where to start, tappets, and push rods. Now on my bike if you don't remove the heads, you must remove the tappet blocks to get the push rods and tappets out. No sweat so few minuets later. well those back two allen on the blocks are a bittch with the damn jugs in the way.
Anyway 9000 miles on my build Jim's Power Glide failed in the intake of rear cylinder. Bent push rod and although I did glass them I had no need, the intake was visibly bent at the jam nut.
Nice lite wear of the tappet housings, just ever so slight scuffing, wheels very nice again, just a very nice thin wear line. Intake tappet after pumping oil in the hole and top with tube and pressure, filling the cup, and pumping on it it collapse to bottom no matter what, exhaust shows a willingness to pump up but the comparison is night and day in terms of play that is there in the first place.
Kind of proves why a load kept the noise down a little, more oil psi kept the lifter up more. Also slight, but there wear marks in the push rod tube, and when I hit them with the stethoscope, is was ugly. I was always told push rods rubbing in a tube is loud, now I can say it IS.
So I did a leak down test it is still at 3%. Same as it was a month ago, so I did dodge a bullet there!
Also mirrored the cam lobs and the are pristine with very nice light scuff line as the rollers, no pits no chunks out just nice smooth lobes. Another bullet dodged
Those two inspection reminders thanks to HDWRENCH, as he took my call, discussed my problem and symptoms, and we agreed on parts (and the tappets are not Jims) and shipment method. All this on a Saturday night. Again Steve is my go to man on parts and has NEVER let me down even when HE was down.
Dynatherapy for again mentoring me and making sure my logic and thought processes are sound. I can spin a wrench, but I am not a mechanic. Also the very cool tip on mirroring the rocker arm cup from the bottom of the jug to inspect it for scuff or distortion.
Sorry so long, might be some info for others to use.
Sure not how I had planned to spend a Sunny 74 degree Saturday here in PA.
Second off HDWRENCH as a vendor is second to NONE!
Now the tale:
Up early, off for a quick 40 mile blast and go visit with my kids. 3/4 way there, 4 lane, 65-75 mph, she starts to clatter a little louder than I am used to, same motor rhythm, just louder. No loss of power! Get to the kids house, let it idle for a minuet, yep loud as hell. Shut it down, looked at the gages and oil psi is about 10 or so at idle, oil temp 190. Shut it down. Hang out with the kids an hour or so and need to go. Start it, is still loud, no oil any where, oil was checked at start full as since the change. No smoke out the pipes, just loud. OK say I am going to run it for home, tools, lift, manual.
Find that if I keep it at load, light throttle at all times, noise lessens and it is only about half as loud as normal, have to make a stop at a light and man it is clamoring, oil psi 10 at idle, 38-40 on load, oil temp 190-200. Again no loss of power! Although I was in no hurry to run it to the 6400 red line either. Finally get it home and shut it down. Let cool, start the bike, stereoscope in ear start probing. I had thought the Comp nut was coming off again. Nope just a nice whir. Next front jug, lot going on but just the "normal" sounds. Rear, and a whole lot of not "normal" going on. Move around bike and probe from the top down and it gets louder. Hit the rear tappet block and just behind it and reached up and shut it down.
Well guess that is where to start, tappets, and push rods. Now on my bike if you don't remove the heads, you must remove the tappet blocks to get the push rods and tappets out. No sweat so few minuets later. well those back two allen on the blocks are a bittch with the damn jugs in the way.
Anyway 9000 miles on my build Jim's Power Glide failed in the intake of rear cylinder. Bent push rod and although I did glass them I had no need, the intake was visibly bent at the jam nut.
Nice lite wear of the tappet housings, just ever so slight scuffing, wheels very nice again, just a very nice thin wear line. Intake tappet after pumping oil in the hole and top with tube and pressure, filling the cup, and pumping on it it collapse to bottom no matter what, exhaust shows a willingness to pump up but the comparison is night and day in terms of play that is there in the first place.
Kind of proves why a load kept the noise down a little, more oil psi kept the lifter up more. Also slight, but there wear marks in the push rod tube, and when I hit them with the stethoscope, is was ugly. I was always told push rods rubbing in a tube is loud, now I can say it IS.
So I did a leak down test it is still at 3%. Same as it was a month ago, so I did dodge a bullet there!
Also mirrored the cam lobs and the are pristine with very nice light scuff line as the rollers, no pits no chunks out just nice smooth lobes. Another bullet dodged
Those two inspection reminders thanks to HDWRENCH, as he took my call, discussed my problem and symptoms, and we agreed on parts (and the tappets are not Jims) and shipment method. All this on a Saturday night. Again Steve is my go to man on parts and has NEVER let me down even when HE was down.
Dynatherapy for again mentoring me and making sure my logic and thought processes are sound. I can spin a wrench, but I am not a mechanic. Also the very cool tip on mirroring the rocker arm cup from the bottom of the jug to inspect it for scuff or distortion.
Sorry so long, might be some info for others to use.
Sure not how I had planned to spend a Sunny 74 degree Saturday here in PA.