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Old 04-29-2014, 10:34 PM
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Harley shop put a 110 kit in my 2010 fatbob last year. It ran great. I thought I heard more pronounced valve train noise last fall. Maybe it was me.
This winter I installed redshift cams, dual hyd cam chain tendioners, adjustable pushrods. Installation I had no issues. CO VH Big radius duals to the 2:1 propipe. Uploaded new program to TMax. All good. Just riding in city now and the valve train noise just sounds a bit too loud. Anyone see this or is it just me with a larger bore engine. It performs very well
 
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What lifters? Maybe just a tad more preload will quiet things down. Having said that, it's an air cooled, pushord, vtwin motor and you are sitting on it; it's going to make some noise.
 
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I remember 3 1/4 turns on rods and waited for bleed down which took a few minutes. I had it idling last night by a stage 1 96 cubic inch. His was a bit quieter for sure. Last fall it seemed more pronounced.
 
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.140-.150" lifter load.
24 tpi------------3.3 turns
32 tpi------------4.5 turns.
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Originally Posted by Hillsidecycle.com
.140-.150" lifter load.
24 tpi------------3.3 turns
32 tpi------------4.5 turns.
Scott

I second that.
 
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I will look at my notes when I get home. I got the redshift cam from zippers and followed adjustment specs provided.
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I have attachment from zippers performance for the Redshift specs for pushrod adjustment. I had new hyd lifters 527 cam, everything new.
The adjustment wet is bottom out lifters and loosen off pushrod 4 flats. That is what I did and valve train noise much better.
 
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