winter project (cam)

[outdoorsman26]

well its 15 deg out so I thought lets put a cam in my bike so I did some searching on how ta do this well I found how to do a push rod adjustment and thought might as well start with that and then went on to the cam cover made my own puller, just got ta see if it works:lol: any tips on how to do this would be helpful thanks in advance

 

[outdoorsman26]

ok got the cam cover off and the cam out!!:up:

 

[Raywood]

Good for you. Yell if you want copies of the S&S manual pages on changing it out. Pretty simple though.

Oh by the way, do you have the noseless cam cover?

 

[outdoorsman26]

thats the one with the cover you can take off?? (the lil to allen bolts)

 

[outdoorsman26]

an I would love to see that s an s manual!!!!! I will pm you with my email!!!!

 

[Raywood]

thats the one with the cover you can take off?? (the lil to allen bolts)

Yeah, sometime in 07 I think they went to the cover that doesn't have the ignition cover (cam sensor) so was just wondering if your had it or not.

:2thumbs:

 

[outdoorsman26]

not sure we are talking about the same thing there is nothing behind it its just a round piece of billet flat on the back and no ignition wires coming from it!

 

[Raywood]

not sure we are talking about the same thing there is nothing behind it its just a round piece of billet flat on the back and no ignition wires coming from it!

Ok, you have the cover. They went to the crank sensor with the 05 model hence the reason for using the new cover.
Not a big deal just wondering if you have the new or old cover.

 

[outdoorsman26]

oh shit man I thought I waz goin nutz !!!! one more thing an I will leave ya alone for a while!!! do I have ta take my rocker boxes off for the install???

 

[Raywood]

Did you pull the cam cover without removing them?

To properly install everything; lifters and pushrods I would remove them.

 

[outdoorsman26]

ya just lifted the lifters with my fingers an pulled it out!! but i will take them off

 

[Daddycool]

Don't forget the shim!!! You gotta measure and put in the correct thickness. The old one may not be right.

 

[mcgroom]

What cam are you going with?

 

[myanoch]

I left the lifter blocks in and used magnets to hold lifters up
i mesured the total length of the cam with shim for old unit and checked new cam
was the same # as per instruction sheet so I did not need to remove lifter block guides
i did check the cam gear with .105 guage pins
This also checked out and did not have to change crank gear

 

[V]

What cam are you going with?

And have you checked to see what springs you have ?

 

[Trainguy]

What cam are you going with?

Me Too. What Cam?

 

[scubaman15]

This is a cool thread and I'm going to do this soon ... I will be watching with great interest..as my two year deal with big dog is over and all bets are off !! I'm sure I can do this ..but its always good to hear other peoples experience with this type of stuff !!! Please keep posting and tell us how your making out

 

[Chopper Dave]

I left the lifter blocks in and used magnets to hold lifters up
i mesured the total length of the cam with shim for old unit and checked new cam
was the same # as per instruction sheet so I did not need to remove lifter block guides
i did check the cam gear with .105 guage pins
This also checked out and did not have to change crank gear

cool dude!!:2thumbs: I had the dealer put my .600 cam in when they changed out my rockers...and heads to S&S.... I already have the .640 red stripe springs in!
good luck with your project!

 

[outdoorsman26]

checked for the red stripe and I have it so im god there!!! not really sure what cam im going to go with:loony: I have read lots of people going with the 600 some with a 650 an some with a 640 in all honesty i dont need it to hual ass (it does in my mind all ready) I just want more performance out of it, i want to be able to ride this thing cross country if I want. thanks for all the help I am SOOOOOOOOO glad I found this website you guys and gals have saved me thousands of dollars with your ideas, thoughts and "how to" fourms thank you again!!!:2thumbs::flag:


I will also check the shim thickness when I figure out what cam im goin with

 

[chaingunner]

Piece of cake. I went with the .600 and it made noticeable difference for me. I readjusted the push rods after I put the cam in. Just beware it really does take a while for the lifters to bleed down, it was cold out and it took almost 18 minutes and a beer for each one!