So with the weather a bit decent in the chicagoland area I am trying to get my winter mods done. I just installed the Andrews 48 cam and Gatermans 1023 lifters with Fuelmoto adjustable pushrods.

I am having a bi**ch of a time getting the stock pushrod covers installed. I cannot get the stupid "spring cap retainer" on. I am not sure anymore if I am doing it right. I tried looking at fuelmoto install videos and the install part 8 cuts off right before installing the spring cap. the install document with the pushrod dont say much either....


I know many of you have installed Fuelmoto kits yourself... someone please enlighten me of an easier way to do this ... Please....

 

Stick the top of the clip up into the slider that goes into the head. Using a small flat blade screwdriver, place the blade under the clip and over the cup. As you lever the cup down, push the bottom of the clip into place.
Hope this helps.

 

As q.c. said plus Index finger under flat blade of screwdriver against lower tube. Thumb pushes clip in place as you lever the bottom tube down. It's a one handed job.

 

And you need to make sure the tubes are seated correctly in the orings and the orings are seated in their recesses. It still takes some effort.

 

Yeah those can be a bitch. Just went through this about a month ago with an adjustable push rod install. Doing this with only two hands is tough.

Anyway, one thing I did was take a length of nylon weed eater line, threaded it around back and on top of the spring cup/cap/cover whatever ya call it, so that I could get some extra leverage pulling and holding that thing down with one hand while putting the hold down clip in above it with the other hand. Took a few attempts but finally got it. I think I saw somewhere that someone makes a tool for this.

I started to use the screw driver in the slot method but my tubes are powder coated and tried to find a different way to get this done with causing an Oppps moment, slip and watch myself put a scratch on something.

 

Absolutely agree with powdercoated tubes, however the chrome finish is very forgiving. I still say it's a one handed effort. Your other hand will just find a way to muck up a very simple process. Simple, that is, when you figure the trick out as I described above. First one took me a half-hour. Next three in seconds.

 

S&S and J&P both have a couple of youtube vids for changing push rods that show putting the covers back at the end of the video. I struggled for a bit with the first one then remembered how it was done in the video, pretty easy after that...

 

http://www.motionpro.com/motorcycle/partno/08-0255/

Makes life easier and it's another tool for the box.....

 

+1 on the Motionpro, absolutely the best tool I have found for pushrod cover installation. Takes all the strain out of it and it keeps your tubes from getting scratched up.

 

I'm usually the guy that will by the one-use tool but seriously, this is not a "tool" job. Once you get it, literally 2 seconds each tube. Anyway, if the tool makes it easier for you, go for it.

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