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Did about a 260 mile ride this morning. I think I am going to say that.....THAT tick is gone?.. Although I do still hear some valve train noise , which I am sure will always be there. Overall the engine is soooooo much quieter.

 

Not much, that's why I drilled them bigger. The first time I went to ⅛". This time I took them out to 9/64". The breather element is supposed to stay off the bottom a bit so the oil doesn't get trapped, but I don't see that happening. When I installed the new ones this time I stuffed them up into the housing as much as possible and hope they will stay off the bottom of the rocker support plate.

I already have my ventilator modified, but I still would like to get that oil back in the crankcase and not on the ground. I think I got a fairly bad crank from the factory. Wish I could use the S&S reed valve but the newer engines have set screws on the crank bearing so it can't be installed.

 

I installed the new (and revised) breather element assembly and maybe it does a better job (doubt it based on its function) but it certainly is not robust. Basically, you pop the breather valve in, insert the mesh, and the "cover" is a sealed piece so the mesh of the breather element makes full contact with the bottom of the rocker housing.

I wish i would have drilled those holes a bit larger but oh well... not going to be repeating that process anytime soon (I hope anyways).

 

What holes are you guys talking about? I'll be going into mine sometime this week or next so if there is an improvement to be made ...

 

The two small holes.

 

They're oil drain holes? How wide should they be drilled?