gear driven cams

rumman
14 years ago

i have a 2000 heritage and i am thinking of changing to gear driven cams to eliminate the cam chain tensioner problems, bike has under 20,000 ks and i have had no problems with it but after doing a bit of research it sounds like i might have a few dramas in the future. my question is what sort of $$$ will i be up for to have the whole job done ? and is the gear drive the way to go ?

Cisco
14 years ago

Gidday, got S & S gear driven Cams on my 2008 Dyna, bloody great. Less noise, run smoother. Better power output. Had Chain driven cams on my Softie, and Gear Driven on the Dyna. Take the Gear driven any time. Have a look at the S&S site for specs.

roadie
14 years ago

I chose gear drive for my 2001 [ woods tw6 ] Way to go for early twin cams I reckon. Goes like stink now.

rumman
14 years ago

Wozza how many kms had your bike done when you swapped over ? i have talked to a few blokes who reckon that the tensioners only become a problem when they have done more than 50-60 thousand kms. like i said mine has only just turned up 20,000kms as the previous owner had it for ten years and only put about 12.000 kms on it. I am running mobil 1 v twin with services done at 4000 kms. Am i being paranoid or is this thing going to shit itself sooner than later ?

Krash Kinkade
14 years ago

i got a 2001 dyna, i've had since new, after having to change three sets of tentioners ( inside & outside ) then having the third brand new genuine HD outside tentioner fall apart one week latter & counting myself lucky all the parts were still in cam chest, not going through my motor. i went to gear drive, i had Andrews 55 chain drive & went to andrews 55 gear drive, not one HP or one foot pound of Torque in it it dynoed same HP & TQ gear drive as chain drive. but 7 years down the road i'm still happy i went gear drive.