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Got lucky with a failed lifter

  • Benno
    Benno
    5 years ago
    Found this little retaining clip wrapped around the push rod, floating up and down while doing a cam upgrade last week on the wide glide, I'd say I got 
    very lucky.



     
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  • Krash Kinkade
    Krash Kinkade
    5 years ago
    Very lucky Benno !
    over the years I have been lucky in that area.
    are you using aggressive cams? or High valve seat pressure?
  • Benno
    Benno
    5 years ago
    The cams that came out with these lifters are stock 96 units, replaced the cams with Andrews 48H and S&S lifters, nothing radical at all.
    Added the Bassani 2:1 and the S&S intake all at the same time.
    Plenty of pull, shit eating grin difference, thanks for all the advice GM.




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  • Jay-Dee
    Jay-Dee
    5 years ago
    While it certainly looks bad and shouldn't have happened, realistically while the lifter had preload and as long as the gap in the circlip was smaller than the pushrod neither of them were going to go too far.
    It's still better that you found it though, it must have been a Friday afternoon lifter.

    Edit, good looking bike too Benno.
  • Benno
    Benno
    5 years ago
    Thanks Hoody, so the lifter assembly would stay together anyway. It could’ve been that way for sometime, bike has 50k on the clock.
  • Benno
    Benno
    5 years ago
    Quoting Jay-Dee on 07 Sep 2020 05:59 AMedited: 07 Sep 2020 06:05 AM

    While it certainly looks bad and shouldn't have happened, realistically while the lifter had preload and as long as the gap in the circlip was smaller than the pushrod neither of them were going to go too far.

    It's still better that you found it though, it must have been a Friday afternoon lifter.

    Edit, good looking bike too Benno.

    Cheers JD
  • tussuck
    tussuck
    5 years ago
    Quoting Benno on 07 Sep 2020 11:31 AMedited: 07 Sep 2020 11:34 AM

    Thanks Hoody, so the lifter assembly would stay together anyway. It could’ve been that way for sometime, bike has 50k on the clock.

    Yeah..its when the other end of the lifter lets go that your wallet knows all about it!
  • Jay-Dee
    Jay-Dee
    5 years ago
    Quoting Benno on 07 Sep 2020 11:31 AMedited: 07 Sep 2020 11:34 AM

    Thanks Hoody, so the lifter assembly would stay together anyway. It could’ve been that way for sometime, bike has 50k on the clock.

    Possibly since first start up.
    You could push the plunger down, reinstall the circlip in the lifter (double checking it clips in properly) and use the lifter again if you wanted or need to.
  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    5 years ago
    Quoting Benno on 07 Sep 2020 01:52 AM

    The cams that came out with these lifters are stock 96 units, replaced the cams with Andrews 48H and S&S lifters, nothing radical at all.

    Added the Bassani 2:1 and the S&S intake all at the same time.
    Plenty of pull, shit eating grin difference, thanks for all the advice GM.




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    Hey Benno, not been on for a bit, she came up ok aye, good stuff mate.
    That clip would of given you a surprise though :)
  • Benno
    Benno
    5 years ago
    Quoting Benno on 07 Sep 2020 01:52 AM

    The cams that came out with these lifters are stock 96 units, replaced the cams with Andrews 48H and S&S lifters, nothing radical at all.

    Added the Bassani 2:1 and the S&S intake all at the same time.
    Plenty of pull, shit eating grin difference, thanks for all the advice GM.




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    Quoting Grease Monkey on 08 Sep 2020 10:33 AM

    Hey Benno, not been on for a bit, she came up ok aye, good stuff mate.

    That clip would of given you a surprise though :)

    Spot on Hilly, that clip gave me a surprise, Jay Dee and Hoody’s description of possible scenarios makes plenty of sense though.
    Install went well, no dramas, Fred mentioned he was a little worried about cylinder pressure, he mentioned the intake opening duration, I don’t think he done a pressure test, but he was happy with the tune, they way it rode and the end result.
     I was little ho hum about the change on the freeway ride home from the dyno run, Friday arvo traffic, on the gateway motorway, usually cops and dramas.
    Took it for a run over Mt Mee Saturday, it wakes up after about 2800 and pulls like a mule, I need to go out a bit further west, to crank it, but it gets from $1.00 to $1.60 very fast and I was grinning all the way.
    Dyno shows plenty of torque but it drops away a little earlier than I expected, not that I got to that point yet, Happy days mate, once again cheers, take care Brutha
    Benno
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