SE pushrods set lifter preload at 3.25, good or bad, instructions say 2.5 turns

[cody]

gaggyduffy,
No I don't have a link, wish I did. I just have a few pages printed from the thread that I refer to from time to time. Back in 2006 that would be on the old Harley Tech Talk, I don't know if any of that material is accessible. I tried doing a search for Blackhills Ken on the members list and he didn't come up so he must not be on here anymore.
Not saying that 2 turns is the answer, just works for my bike. I alway's use S.E pushrods and my past bikes were adjusted between 2 1/2 and 3 turns.

[Hillside Motorcycle]

We load 'em all to .140-.150". Good, bad, or ugly, that is how it is done here, day in, day out, 6 days a week.
Pre-hydraulic cam plate bikes get a Zippers shim when in there, and about 99% of all that leave here in the spring and fall have 20W50 Spectro, and in the summer 50W Spectro, in order to try to maintain good lifter "hydrology".
We have them pull up to the back service door in the summer heat with that piston-engine lubricating oil refered to as Syn III, and many times you can here those bone-stock solid pushrods ticking around in the rocker arm cups.
Scott

[Admiral Akbar]

But Max, you have to agree with two things:

1)  Hydraulic lifters have a lot of slop.
2)  There are folks who are posting conflicting experimental results.

1) + 2) = it really don't matter too awful much what you set them at.

Max

[strokerjlk]

Do gaterman have a travel of .160 or .200?
I usually don't use automotive lifters , but gaterman is what was supplied.
So I set them at 2 1/2 turns or .105-.110. No go loose as chit.
3 1/4 turns so now .135-140 deep , like i set every other lifter.
It's  all quiet now.
What I noticed is ....after adjusting both the 21/2 and 3 1/4 turns   It was seconds not minutes and the lifters were bleed off enought to spin  the p/r's.
Didn't have to load them up on the middle of the cam lobe to get them to bleed off.
For all you gaterman guys Is this normal?

[No Cents]

I called Bill Gaterman and he said the 1023 lifters have .200 travel. I used a 24 tpi p/rod and went 3 full turns and 2 flats on mine. It worked great. It did take each lifter around 15-20 minutes to bleed down so I could spin them.
No lifter noise. I'm happy with them.

No Cents

[strokerjlk]

.200 travel
Thanks .....that makes me feel better.

[FSG]

you must have missed the Best Lifter thread late last year 

http://harleytechtalk.com/htt/index.php/topic,43925.msg477332.html#msg477332