SimsHD
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I wondered about the Crank Sensor, I removed it from the block and there is no visual (but appears that a visual would tell me anything anyway). I unplugged it from behind the regulator/rectifier and the connection looked great.
I also wonder about the cam tensioner. I have heard many times that they are notorious on these early twin cams for slacking up. The bulk of the engine mods were done in 2005 when the bike had about 35000 miles on it. The SE 251 cams were installed then and I assume they would have changed the tensioner at that time. Then the bike was worked on again in 2006 and already had 46000 miles on it. The 2006 job included a top end job, cylinder bore, new piston etc. I have the job tickets from the Harley Dealer in Mt. Vernon, IL and all in all the work totalled up to about $7500. The owner seemed to cut no corners. My uncle-in-law simply bought it and rode it. He did nothing but maintenance.
Part of the build that I am unsure of was the race tuner. What is this thing and where is it. Is it still on the bike, or are they just talking about computer tuning. All of these are questions for me. I tried to talk tot the Harley Shop that built the thing, but they would prefer me to bring it in and pay them to look at it. Honestly I can't blame them in this economy, but that's not how I roll with any of my other vehicles.
I am planning to exhaust the simple things before tearing into the top end. Does anyone know a way to bench test the ckp?
Also, I have noticed a significant amount of valve train noise since I bought the bike. I tried to readjust the pushrods (backing them off and then setting preload to .100 (2 1/2 turns) with no change). I have the old style SE adjustables that apparently interfered on occasion with the rocker covers. I learned that they have been superseded by the new style tapered adjustables. When I adjusted them, it appeared that the front outside rod was slighlty bent (had a little side-to-side when I twisted it). I didn't think too much about it because the bike ran so good and I put 4500 miles on it this summer before it quit running. Also, it's not like I was into it hard at all when it quit, I was actually trying to be quiet because it was so early in the morning.
I also wonder about the cam tensioner. I have heard many times that they are notorious on these early twin cams for slacking up. The bulk of the engine mods were done in 2005 when the bike had about 35000 miles on it. The SE 251 cams were installed then and I assume they would have changed the tensioner at that time. Then the bike was worked on again in 2006 and already had 46000 miles on it. The 2006 job included a top end job, cylinder bore, new piston etc. I have the job tickets from the Harley Dealer in Mt. Vernon, IL and all in all the work totalled up to about $7500. The owner seemed to cut no corners. My uncle-in-law simply bought it and rode it. He did nothing but maintenance.
Part of the build that I am unsure of was the race tuner. What is this thing and where is it. Is it still on the bike, or are they just talking about computer tuning. All of these are questions for me. I tried to talk tot the Harley Shop that built the thing, but they would prefer me to bring it in and pay them to look at it. Honestly I can't blame them in this economy, but that's not how I roll with any of my other vehicles.
I am planning to exhaust the simple things before tearing into the top end. Does anyone know a way to bench test the ckp?
Also, I have noticed a significant amount of valve train noise since I bought the bike. I tried to readjust the pushrods (backing them off and then setting preload to .100 (2 1/2 turns) with no change). I have the old style SE adjustables that apparently interfered on occasion with the rocker covers. I learned that they have been superseded by the new style tapered adjustables. When I adjusted them, it appeared that the front outside rod was slighlty bent (had a little side-to-side when I twisted it). I didn't think too much about it because the bike ran so good and I put 4500 miles on it this summer before it quit running. Also, it's not like I was into it hard at all when it quit, I was actually trying to be quiet because it was so early in the morning.