Used Cams
#21
all the money we spend on these bikes wheels big bores ect. and we wanna skimp by buying used cams. again thats me i bought the fuel moto 555 cam kit comes with everything u need for the install $580.00 shipped. for external dress up parts yes maybe i would buy used but internal parts i buy new. but thats me good luck on your choice.
Rick
Rick
#22
Used roller cams should have few issues. I pull my race roller cam every freshen up in my race motor, and the lobes never get the same lifters because it isn't important. I run twice the spring pressure and 1 1/2 times the rpm of a HD motor. Like said earlier, if you can't feel it with your finger nail, there is insignificant wear and the cam is fine. These are rolling friction parts, not sliding friction like a flat tappet design cam. Those you NEVER (except with ceramic lifters!) ever put together with used lifters unless the parts go back in exactly as removed. I would not be afraid to buy any used cam provided I could check it or get a reference for the seller.
As for not feeling good about installing used engine components on an expensive bike, that's okay--but in a practical sense there is no reason to worry about it in this case. I hear the same argument when I talk about using a Harbor Freight torque wrench made in China on my expensive bike, but mine have been tested for accuracy and I contend that a torque-value given on a cheap wrench is as good as one given on an expensive one, assuming both are accurate. The bike doesn't know the difference and the bolt is torqued the same. If it makes someone else happier doing the work with a $300 Snap-On that's fine with me.
Last edited by iclick; 01-30-2011 at 01:28 PM.
#23
all the money we spend on these bikes wheels big bores ect. and we wanna skimp by buying used cams. again thats me i bought the fuel moto 555 cam kit comes with everything u need for the install $580.00 shipped. for external dress up parts yes maybe i would buy used but internal parts i buy new. but thats me good luck on your choice.
Rick
Rick
I do understand what you are saying though and i respect that too...
Peace out man.
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