I have had Gears installed for several years now and they are noisey when the engine comes up to tempture. I copied a couple of sentances that I read in the Thunder Press about Cam Gear noise and it describes my noise to a tee. Here it is."The most noticeable difference is that when the bike gets up to full operating temperature, the motor does emanate a low-key whirling, blender-type sound from the cam area. But that is of small consequence when compared to the reassurance I now have" I had the crank trued and welded and I'm running a Screamining Eagle Cam Plate and High volume Oil Pump along with Andrews 31 Cams and SE Perfect Fit push rods and still have the noise. It is in a 03 FLHRC. I read a lot about other peoples gears being quiet and have to wonder if others have the same noise when it comes up to Temp.

 

What Cam? Was backlash checken on install? Whats the crank runout? All can have an affect on the noise geardrives can make. If all points are covered on install they run quiet depending on cam choses.

 

Cams are as stated in the post andrews 31g and the crank was trued and welded and was less than 0.001 all the work on the crank was just done but still have the noise and have had it for 30,000 miles. Lash was checked and is alright also.It don't seem to be hurting anything I just wonder if other have it.

 

I get a bit of that noise with my cams too, but I like it. It reminds me a bit of a muscle car with a big 6-71 blower on it!

Cheers!
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