Love your videos. You always think of the regular guy who doesn’t have specialized tools and I really appreciate that. All the knowledge and tips you provide are so valuable. Please keep up the great work! Thanks for doing what you do.
You may have mentioned it some where else , it may have been a good time to also mention MLS head gaskets and compression increases and can be torqued in steps to appx. 40 foot pounds . I never liked the idea of stretch bolts or partial turns after a certain torque , no way to predict the final torque , you can not condition steel to stretch the exact same amount , but , thats just me . Another thing is exhaust studs that can be a big problem , I have a rear exhaust stud with about a half thread gone , when I finally worked the nut off without destroying the other threads , I had a couple 1/4" stainless steel washers I drilled out to 5/16" , dressed with a file , and used them to keep the nut back away from the bad thread , I used CLR several times on the stud threads and a small wire brush to remove rust from the threads , washed it off and put anti sieze on the stud , started and let cool a few times to burn off the oil in the anti seize > maybe you got some better ways of dealing with these studs and removing them without breaking them ....... Thats a really nice looking jug you got there !
If I have enough threads to use two jam nuts tightened together than I remove it that way but sometimes I have to tig weld a nut on and remove it. In you situation I probably would have done the same.
When replacing lifters and pushrods should you also get new rocker arms and rocker arm shafts? They should include them in big bore and camchest kits don't you think. I've heard some twin cams have annoying tick from rocker arm shaft moving and hitting against bolt as they wear out..
What I recommend is to measure everything to make sure there well within the service wear limits. I was trained and firmly believe that it's a waist of money to replace parts that are not close to the limits. When it comes to the tick, more often than not that comes from the choice of cam someone put in. If they chose a cam with high lift and ramps down to close fast, than the valve will hit the seat with more force making more valve train noise. If you take a mechanic stethoscope and listen to the valves before you modify the engine, than if you do have a tik it well probably be coming from the same place and sound like the same sound just louder. Just check the rocker shaft to Make sure you can't move them. There pressed in so you shouldn't be able to turn them by hand.
Thanks for the compliment means alot to know your work is appreciated. The proof on that was high enough I could have run the bike of it. I hadn't cut it yet.
I like your style. Good stuff... Hell, we're practically neighbors! I'm from N. Ms. Bought 3 bikes from Bumpus, Collierville. I do my own wrenching over here too. I don't trust nobody! Carry on...
Do you have an opinion on head gasket thickness? Placing an order with cyco gaskets and I see they have .030 & .040 options for twin cam head gasket. Going to be going through my “new-to-me” ‘05 Electra glide with 88 TC shortly. Videos are awesome, keep em coming!
that rear cylinder rocker bolts are a bugger to get out I used Electrician's Mini Ratchet with a 3/16 bit but to get them back in an torqued down it takes dogbones? those are pricey how do you torque them? dogbone? or jus by feel?
Yes sir...good content... Would you have to up the throttle body size if you have the heads ported?... That's crazy there's only that little wear in the cylinders after 100 thou and all these yahoos buying brand new m8 107 and 114 and the getting 131 kits installed on brand spanking new motors .....blows my mind. I wish I had money to throw away like that.
its right on the edge of needing to go to a bigger throttle body. twin cams can go a long time. the white electra glide i have here has about 250000 on it with no compression loss.
@@DeathProofProductions wow that's amazing. And it still has the stock cast pistons?....and if you would tear it down to do the gaskets and breather wouldn't it be ideal to put forges pistons in it?....or are cast good enough for everyday street riding. Thanks for responding back bay the way man.
Hey bubba I have an 08 softail 96ci that I recently acquired, got her runnin she idled fine turned it off now its dumping oil in the front cylinder so much so that when I lean the bike to the right it drips out the pipe... not to bother you brother but any information would be a huge help.
@@DeathProofProductions I checked the crank pinion runout tonight, it’s at.0075 to .008. Should I do the bottom end too? Or is it acceptable for chain drive cams? I’ve seen so much differing opinions on this my damned head is about to spin or blow up…
@@DeathProofProductions No sir, it's tore down to do the heads and cams. If I need to pull it I will. I don't want to put the time, effort, and dollars into it to have it destroy itself.
No this bike is my paint guys brothers, this will be the only mods he will do so we didn't do adjustable. He was just wanting a little more grunt for our trips out west.
I noticed on my early model 2000 dyna manual it says to torque the head bolts to 84-108 in lbs then 144-168 followed my a 90 degree turn but for newer Dyna models 2006 and above the torquing is a bit different 120-144 in lbs then 15-17 ft lbs then a 90 degree turn is that an update or just for newer model dynas
Yeah I don't know why they do that I noticed when I worked at the dealership they changed all torque values up or down all the time. I use what I have had the best results over the past 27 years to run with.
I’ve never done this to a Harley, air cooled VW but not a Harley. I have installed S&S gear drive cams in my 2000 FLSTS and Screaming Eagle cam kit with the orange cam plate and hydraulic tensioner in my 2004, FLHTCI. All that said, do you need to remove the tappet covers to remove the cylinders?
I had an exhaust stud break in the rear cylinder and had to tear into it. Is there a way to slide the cylinder onto the piston without taking it off the arm? I appreciate your content btw
I compress the rings with a ring compressor. Then I slide the cylinder over top of the piston and tap it on using the end of a hammer handle. Thanks for the compliment.
Just removed my cylinder head off because I cracked it trying to remove an exhaust stud my question is do I need to replace the cylinder studs I’ve look at the manual and it doesn’t say they are 1 time use so I’m trying to figure out whether they are reusable but I will be changing the female thread bolts that go onto the studs from the cylinder head
@@DeathProofProductionshey there again just had another question, I don’t need to worry about replacing the cylinder base o ring do I? I only took the head off not the cylinder.
if its a freshly honed cylinder with new rings, then you have to make sure the rings are gaped correctly so the engine doesn't burn oil and loose compression. If its a high mile engine than you just check it, and if its out of spec than you bore it out.
@@DeathProofProductions on my 14 StreetGlide I am doing a 107 big bore kit. tw555 cams. 10.25:1 pistons and new 2-1-2 exhaust. contemplating on head porting. Looking forward to a little extra giddy up.
@@DeathProofProductions according to the parts manual 16775-99b uses the o-rings. However after contacting harley seems that's correct you don't use those o-rings. Nice that they gave me the o rings when I picked up the head gaskets.
I cleaned the threads of the bolts before adding loctite. The Harley factory never told me when I was being certified by them that I had to clean the oil off the entire bolt for the loctite to work. They just trained me to clean the threads. That was back in 2002 so maybe things have changed since then. I would have filmed it but I figure if someone has enough skill to tear into the engine they have enough brains to clean the threads before applying loctite.
If you're going to do a how to video why don't you say what you're doing like when you're putting the lifters together. Stop trying to be a cowboy and explain what you're doing. I appreciate you sharing your experience and knowledge but tell us exactly what you're doing, bro.
