Dowel Ring dimension

[fbn ent]

Ha Ha, I can hear his voice.  His thought process is easy does it - eventually.  Take the artist approach.  That's why I through the dremel method at you.  I am sure you will find joy if you are patient enough to resist the fast bull approach.  It sounds like your neighbour is a mellow dude.

He has to be mellow at 14 litres 02 setting. Helped a friend cover his trailer which has developed a leak in this monsoon we are having (30 inches of snow in the mountains and another day to go). He says tomorrow.

BTW....This is the only bike I have bought new.

[SP33DY]

Tap the dowel for a 5/16" bolt, preferably with a bottoming tap. Use a short bolt and a stack of washers to pull the dowel.

[fbn ent]

Tap the dowel for a 5/16" bolt, preferably with a bottoming tap. Use a short bolt and a stack of washers to pull the dowel.

Yeah, I have an old SE cam plate that will work great as a puller plate. I was thinking 5/16 or 8mm. Thanks Speedy. This thing is a beatch!

[SP33DY]

Sometimes I have been lucky enough to have the dowel break loose while I was tapping it. Then it came right out!

[fbn ent]

Tap the dowel for a 5/16" bolt, preferably with a bottoming tap. Use a short bolt and a stack of washers to pull the dowel.

Ding, ding, ding!!! Winner, winner, chicken dinner!!!  I don't know why this was so hard for me. Old age suxs. Had my first good sleep since this problem surfaced. Now to get the $5 new dowels from the dealer a couple hundred miles away. I scuffed them up too bad to reuse them. Thanks SP33DY

[Ohio HD]

Good job, and great idea from SP33DY.

Which one was this? The right side of the cam chest or the left one at the two o-rings?

[fbn ent]

Good job, and great idea from SP33DY.

Which one was this? The right side of the cam chest or the left one at the two o-rings?

Both    Just putting it back together now. If I had known about this it would have been WAY easier to be proactive for sure.

[Ohio HD]

Both    Just putting it back together now. If I had known about this it would have been WAY easier to be proactive for sure.

Ok, double trouble. So is it safe to say this is why the oil wasn't building pressure? 

[fbn ent]

Both    Just putting it back together now. If I had known about this it would have been WAY easier to be proactive for sure.

Ok, double trouble. So is it safe to say this is why the oil wasn't building pressure? 

It is a real possibility. I had made longer bolts and caught enough threads to get 75 inch pounds or so Loctited. I hoped they would be okay...nope. This bike is fighting me hard. Working on it used to be second nature but now I'm really wondering about my freeking brain...  

[FSG]

I've installed studs in the three cam chests I've opened since reading the info on HTT...

   good man 

[Hilly13]

I've had so much resistance from people on the need to do this when changing cams for them, apparently HD know their stuff, yet I'm changing the cams and tuning it, go figure!