I just got a 2023 Low Rider S and when I stumbled across your page I was so relieved. Knowledgeable, good taste on what you want your bike to look like, good quality videos, and just really relatable content. Love your page and your bike man, keep it up!
We need more videos like this, i mean the style you do these videos in. Really detailed video with great quality. Id like to see long road trips, camping trips and what equipment to use, roadside repairs and your everyday life. Youre gonna go far, i just know it!
Great video! Kudos to you for having the courage to perform this upgrade to your bike. I've watched a lot of videos on the process (probably all of the same videos you've watched), and while I feel confident that I could perform this procedure, I opted to let the a master tech at a local dealership do it on my bike because I was adding an oil cooler and was at a regular service interval. I hope you have a great riding season.
So funny. I did the exact same to my '23 LRS yesterday (6/23). I found that my cam bearing was exactly the same as the "updated" bearing. Was a waste of time/tools to change but I did it anyway. Same Koyo part # and number of needles. HD must have made a running change to the newer bearing. My runout: .003".
Ah, interesting. Thanks for sharing that. Ya it's a bit of a bummer to find out once you're already in there because, as you mention, the tools for the bearing swap aren't cheap. Maybe others can get a heads up from us sharing at least though. Enjoy the new cam!
@@Warren-Rides No kidding. I have to admit, I bought the Amazon knockoffs for the cam bearing tool and sprocket locking tool since I only planned to use them once. They both worked fine When I saw the same cam bearing I was surprised. Like you, I tutored myself through RU-vid. I had no broken bolt though. That would have soured me a bunch.
I did my 2011 FLHX full S&S 551C cam kit. You were smart to check crank runout I’ve seen new bike with over .010 runout crazy but true. S&S provides awesome instructions I called the tech line on a question during installation they were super helpful. Harley used to use a caged cam bearing they were junk. Any time you do a job like that new parts are always best gives you peace of mind. Sorry to hear that bolt locked up on you but it’s typical Harley quality control issues unfortunately. Did you bump the motor to prime the oil pump and tune the bike prior to running it, just curious great job hope you enjoy that new set up it’s awesome.
Thanks for sharing your insight. I'm definitely curious to hear and learn from others as this is all new to me. Yes sir, I did tune before starting. I'll be posting a video on my tuning process next.
Jeez man...great video. Sounds like what would have happened to me had I decided to do my cam myself. I'm like you, fairly comfortable with my mechanical abilities...but there so many things like this that are just out of your control and hard to figure out when it's happening if it's your fault or not. Glad you got it resolved though...nothing like getting the job done yourself. Great videos, well edited and quality...nice job, brother.
I'll admit I did feel vindicated when 6 other mechanics, much more accomplished than myself, were all challenged by the bolt. They think that the port for that one didn't get bored deep enough during the factory production so when a bolt got run down in there, it just wadded itself into a hardened mess. Those things happen though I suppose. Many thanks for the compliment.
@@Warren-Rides Also glad to hear your local dealer did you right and charged only one hour of labor for the attempt. Good to hear. I'm posting off my personal account now but I've got a FXLRST channel I just started up working through mods and upgrades...hope to get some more travel videos going once it's not a million degrees down here in Texas. www.youtube.com/@MotoATX
Corporate pppppfffffttttt clearly knackered when bike was built so harley problem whether your working on it or a garage. Loosing faith with Harley seriously
I had a bolt that was cross threaded from factory and when i backed it out it pulled the inside threads out.. guess it happends a lot in thd build process
