Cam Chain to S&S Gear Drive Cam Kit Conversion Wrap-Up

Okay, with the motorcycle all buttoned up, the one last thing you could probably do. We still got it up on the lift. I got it in fifth gear. I got the spark plugs out. You can just take and roll the motor over with the rear wheel. Just run it through the whole stroke. Make sure nothing's binding. Obviously we could have done it when the cam cover is off just to make sure nothing's gonna crash into anything if you're double checking your work. It's usually when you have the top end off you do stuff like that. But for the most part, I mean if you're following the instructions, got your factory manual. Keep in mind, S&S has been around a long time. They have a tech line. They want to help you when you buy their product. If you have a question, call their tech line. If you have a question on cam selection for your build, call the tech line. I mean, it might seem like kind of a big investment spending this kind of money on your motorcycle, but look at this bike. It's almost 20 years old. The guy's spending the money on it. And the twin cam platform really is a good engine, so to speak for the most part. I mean you don't see people doing this to old Metric motorcycles. They aren't refurbishing them. They aren't riding them forever. And really what I see a lot is it's an emotional attachment. They've had this bike for 80,000 miles, or it was their dad's bike or so-and-so. And they're never going to get rid of it, you know? So spending money on their Harley is not a big deal. It's just something they don't even think about. They don't even care, 'cause that's their deal. So if you look at what we did today, this really is a pretty good value because you're you're eliminating stuff that potentially can bite you, you know. You look at the factory cam and the hard facing. It's insufficient. These cams have been proven to go a long distance without failure. Tensioner, we knew that was gonna fail from day one. Harley pretty much knew it. They kind of milked it out 'til, you know, '06. And then the Dynas got it as a guinea pig. And then in '07, everything went hydraulic. There again hydraulics an option if your crank isn't true. For the most part, that's bulletproof, that's the way to go. You're in there. You're gonna put all four cam bearings in it. The two inner Torrington bearings. I mean it's cheap bearing, nice upgrade. Two in the cam plate, and of course we talked about lifters. Factory lifters is really sketchy now. So you want a good quality lifter and like S&S. Free labor, you know. You're in there spend the extra money and virtually you don't have to go back in for 100,000 miles you know, provided you change your oil and do your other maintenance, you know. Cam plate upgrade. Just adding a little more support, you know, just a nice little touch that they're adding that in there as part of that cam bearing kit. So anyway, you know, you and your buddies maybe get together pool in on the special tools, try and make your own something that's gonna be, you know, somewhat desirable. You don't want to be risking doing anything, you know, wrecking anything on your motorcycle, obviously. You're doing this basically to save money and have that satisfaction of doing this big of a project on your motorcycle. You don't want to turn it into where you're splitting the cases and fixing something you wrecked. So, take your time, you know. I always tell people, "Don't put yourself in a situation "where you got to have it done for a big run this weekend." This is a nice winter project. Take your time, don't be in a rush. If you need a part, stop the project, order the part. Do it, right. If you don't have the tool or you don't have the knowledge get somebody in there that can help you. All in all, it's a really good kit. Like I said, I've been selling them 16 years, no problems. And I don't want to have problems. My customers don't want to have problems. They want, when the sun is shining, they want to ride their motorcycle, man. So all in all, it's a pretty decent package. All right, you know, if you guys have any question on this video, you know, Fix My Hog wants to hear from you. You're the customer, this is your website. If there's anything in the future you'd like to see us doing just drop us a line. We want to get some feedback from you. It'll help us get more videos for you. So once again, I'm Mike Roen. Thanks for tuning in.