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Well, my motor came apart today. After 3 years of planning and changin' plans and buying and selling the right and wrong parts, Finally have all the parts necessary and disassembled the motor today. I am not doing it myself but, my wrench is "letting me" watch and help which is close enough for me. He's pretty patient and really great about explaining stuff to me even without me asking. he's pretty young and with some more experience, would make a great teacher because of his demeanor and delivery. I feel lucky to have found him. After being there for the tear down, I am pretty confident I could do the basic top end myself although, he sure has ALL the right tools. (absolutely AMAZING how fast one of these things comes apart!)
Anyhow, to the nitty gritty, motor condition!
My 01 Road Glide has 27,000 miles on her. I havent been the best about timely service and I know the previous owner ( first 4k miles) probably was worse than me! I am heavy at 300# and ride two up almost all the time (OL only 100# thank goodness!). I ride hard at some point in time on EVERY outing, not every time, but a few times every day, I "run her up through the gears hard".
Well, after reading so much doom and gloom on here about internals, I am happy to have a great report about engine condition!
When that thing came apart, it looked pristeen for a used motor. Virtually every part inside looked like brand new. The pistons and rings looked like new, the heads were barely carboned and looked great, both head gaskets came off clean! The cross hatching in the barrels was still clearly visable with absolutely no top ridge at all.
Everyone wants to know about the cam chest, right? Well, it was great in there. There was a little wear on the tensioner pads but nothing like any of the horror stories I've seen and read about. No scarring in the oil pump, cam plate barely marked at the oil pump connection. All in all, awesome looking and way better than I expected. With all the horror stories I read about on here, I expected something be wrong. The wrench said, that twinkies really hold up well and that it was rare in his experience(he's done 100+) for low milage TC's to have any problems internally. Anyhow, dissasembly went great! Absolutely no surprises inside the motor unless you count everything being perfect a surprise. Assembly probaby starts tuesday, a few other service issues to take care of and then, "fire in the hole!" .
I am a happy camper, will keep you all posted.
I NEED your comments, I have no other life.....
Anyhow, to the nitty gritty, motor condition!
My 01 Road Glide has 27,000 miles on her. I havent been the best about timely service and I know the previous owner ( first 4k miles) probably was worse than me! I am heavy at 300# and ride two up almost all the time (OL only 100# thank goodness!). I ride hard at some point in time on EVERY outing, not every time, but a few times every day, I "run her up through the gears hard".
Well, after reading so much doom and gloom on here about internals, I am happy to have a great report about engine condition!
When that thing came apart, it looked pristeen for a used motor. Virtually every part inside looked like brand new. The pistons and rings looked like new, the heads were barely carboned and looked great, both head gaskets came off clean! The cross hatching in the barrels was still clearly visable with absolutely no top ridge at all.
Everyone wants to know about the cam chest, right? Well, it was great in there. There was a little wear on the tensioner pads but nothing like any of the horror stories I've seen and read about. No scarring in the oil pump, cam plate barely marked at the oil pump connection. All in all, awesome looking and way better than I expected. With all the horror stories I read about on here, I expected something be wrong. The wrench said, that twinkies really hold up well and that it was rare in his experience(he's done 100+) for low milage TC's to have any problems internally. Anyhow, dissasembly went great! Absolutely no surprises inside the motor unless you count everything being perfect a surprise. Assembly probaby starts tuesday, a few other service issues to take care of and then, "fire in the hole!" .
I am a happy camper, will keep you all posted.
I NEED your comments, I have no other life.....