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Title: 07 heads are questionable?
Post by: chas on November 21, 2023, 10:43:07 AM
Hi All- Just received a couple 07 electra glide heads that I want to clean up ans use. Upon inspecting the rear head I saw a couple of gashes along the top edge of the intake port, missing exhaust stud and surface of exhaust port edge looked rough. My gut tells me these are not worth dealing with! What do you think? TIA
Title: Re: 07 heads are questionable?
Post by: Hossamania on November 21, 2023, 12:42:28 PM
A couple of pictures might help.
Title: Re: 07 heads are questionable?
Post by: chas on November 21, 2023, 01:49:39 PM
Here is a pic of intake

IMG_5402.jpg
Title: Re: 07 heads are questionable?
Post by: JSD on November 21, 2023, 03:02:10 PM
It could be welded and machined but $ is the ?
Title: Re: 07 heads are questionable?
Post by: SP33DY on November 22, 2023, 07:46:09 AM
Those heads are still plentiful and relatively cheap. If you're handy with a tig welder and a milling machine it's not a hard thing to fix. If you have to pay shop rate to get them fixed, it's probably not worth it.
Title: Re: 07 heads are questionable?
Post by: nibroc on November 22, 2023, 07:57:42 AM
 :chop:



AGREE^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Title: Re: 07 heads are questionable?
Post by: chas on November 24, 2023, 08:42:21 PM
I heard the 07 heads dont have the hole needed to receive the top motor mount! If thats true they wont be any good to me anyway? Would I be better off with the 06 head? They fit 99-06 in description and my tc is an 03
Title: Re: 07 heads are questionable?
Post by: Tacocaster on November 25, 2023, 04:54:13 AM
" ...hole needed to receive the top motor mount..."

There is no hole to receive a top motor mount on an '07 Head, that's true but why do you need that hole for an '03? What am I missing here?
The '06 and '07 Heads are the same part numbers, by the way, if that helps.
Title: Re: 07 heads are questionable?
Post by: SP33DY on November 25, 2023, 07:50:18 AM
The later heads still have the bolt hole on top next to the rocker box, like your 2003. On the later heads they use a bracket to mount the horn in that location, which is where your top center motor mount bracket would go.
Title: Re: 07 heads are questionable?
Post by: Tacocaster on November 25, 2023, 06:48:17 PM
SP33DY clarified and is right of course. I assumed the hole(s) for the bracket was obvious.