Just got my pistons and jugs today, had to do a deck height measurement, (TDC piston/top of cylinder) was using a metal square for a straight edge and kept getting funky numbers .014 on the rear cylinder and .015 on the front, my head guy kept telling me something was wrong, I must have taken 30 measurements a cylinder and nothing changed, stopped and had a beer and decided to try a different straight edge, yep you guessed it my original was wanged out, ended up with .006 and .010 so...... Heads will be done Sunday! Did I mention my ring gap needs set?

 

I'm still waiting for the brown truck to deliver my heads. It's taking a lot longer than I expected, but I'll cut Bean some slack. It is his busy season. Maybe next week!

 

Next week makes four weeks.

 

Atrain will you post some pictures of your heads when you get them? I'd like to see the ports

 

A friend of mine had his crank checked for run-out before sending it to Falicon and it was out. He ended up buying a new SE crank and sending it out instead.

Mine was in tolerance but I went ahead and bought a new SE crank and sent it to Falicon to be welded and balanced. Better safe than sorry with a 113. My 113" is smoother than the stock 96".

Both are '08 FLHX's and they were under 2K miles at the time. He was a lot harder on his bike by doing burnouts and such though.

While you are waiting on the heads, I would check the crank.

 

I know. I know. But since Bean has got rave reviews on the forum and I realistically can't ride here for at least another two to three weeks, I'll be patient.

Waiting...Waiting...Waiting...Waiting...

Then again maybe not patient, but what choice do I have?

 

I plan on taking photos of the combustion chamber and any other areas of interest on the head. Unfortunately I do not have a valve spring compressor so I am unable to remove the spring and valve to show the work inside the port.

If anyone has an easy way to compress the spring without damaging anything then please let me know. If there is a significant effort involved then I'd rather not take the time or the expense. It's interesting how expensive the Harley spring compressor is versus the automotive stuff.

 

Is there a "Part 3" thread? Have I missed something? Still waiting for heads? Have been following this thread and looking forward to the end results!

 

The heads came on Friday and reassembly of the whole bike should be wrapped up tonight. Part 3 to follow in the next day tor two.

Getting the heads back took longer than expected, but I think it will be worth the wait.

 

We're all waiting, atrain....