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Title: Cam chain stretch?
Post by: DresserDan on October 11, 2020, 04:14:37 PM
Re done my bearings and pads with cyco pads. Getting a lot of noise from the cam area. Pretty quite 2,000 rpms and under. Really starts screaming like lifters but I can hear in the cam cover are with  my sethescope. I asked a HD tech and he said the chains will stretch. Any one have any input? only 3,000 miles since all new bearings and pads.
Title: Re: Cam chain stretch?
Post by: roadkingdresser on October 11, 2020, 04:19:03 PM
didn't reverse the chains?
Title: Re: Cam chain stretch?
Post by: smoserx1 on October 11, 2020, 04:34:25 PM
I don't know how much the roller chains stretch but those old silent type (99-06) stretch big time from personal experience.  Glad I went with conversion cams.
Title: Re: Cam chain stretch?
Post by: pauly on October 14, 2020, 09:43:07 PM
Hi Dresserdan,
Did you shim the sprockets so they line up well? That can cause some noise and it's worth addressing if you didn't.
Thanks
Pauly

Quote from: DresserDan on October 11, 2020, 04:14:37 PM
Re done my bearings and pads with cyco pads. Getting a lot of noise from the cam area. Pretty quite 2,000 rpms and under. Really starts screaming like lifters but I can hear in the cam cover are with  my sethescope. I asked a HD tech and he said the chains will stretch. Any one have any input? only 3,000 miles since all new bearings and pads.
Title: Re: Cam chain stretch?
Post by: DresserDan on October 16, 2020, 07:34:03 AM
The noise didnt really start to get real bad until I had about 3,000 miles on it. It sounds just like all the lifters are bad when ever the motor gets over 2,000 RPM's. I put a Stethoscope on it and the cam cover is where the noise is coming from. I will get into it this winter and will go with the 07 set up.
Title: Re: Cam chain stretch?
Post by: Beave on October 16, 2020, 03:00:38 PM
I had a similar experience on my 05 RK with the hybrid set up. It turned out to be the secondary chain.  I replaced the original no name chain with a Morse branded one I found on E-bay, no more noise.
Title: Re: Cam chain stretch?
Post by: Hillside Motorcycle on October 20, 2020, 04:20:27 AM
Morse Chain manufactured the OE's.