Hi, recently pulled cam chest to upgrade cams, noticed, to me, to be excessive wear under the shim and in the bronze journals. So, I ordered a Screamin Eagle cam plate and oil pump. I had bought first the Baisley spring, and then saw the Axtell setup, so have both, but now I'm not going to be using the stock plate and pump, would either of those be recommended to use in the Screamin Eagle plate? Or just leave the plate as is with the newer oil relief valve in it?
2011 FLTRX 103.
Thanks.

 

I have the baisley spring and relief valve in my 107 twin cam. That was an upgrade to my stock cam plate. Improved oil pressure with the wider beveled sealing edge and stiffer spring.
Then I thought I'd do one better by installing the Axtel oil by-pass set up. (supposed to direct foamy oil back in to Cam chest instead of oil tank) Fired the engine after the install and oil pressure spiked to 60 PSI, then relived, went to 60 PSI then relieved. Did this 3 or 4 times in quick succession. Shut it down and removed the Axtel set up and reinstalled the Baisley relief. Fine for years now. 32 to 35 PSI running pressure depending on ambient temp. Idle PSI 10 to 12 depending on ambient. Best of luck

 

With the SE plate, it is important, pre-installation, to pull the relief valve and buff it up to make sure it moves freely in the bore. Those parts sit on shelves and there have been issue with the relief valve sticking on new installs. If the Baisley spring is all you have and not the relielf valve, buff up the SE relief valve and run it as is.
JMHO

 

Thanks for the replies, ending up going with the Baisley...tried putting in the Axtell, cap wouldn't clear the retaining pin hole, without hammering it in, sure as s*** not doing that...lol.