Installation of Neville Lush Racing "street" cams in 2014 Rocket III Touring

[Joesmoe]

By definition there is an oil film as one is supposed to apply oil, or what most folks do -- assembly lube -- to the parts as one is assembling them.

Short answer: yes.

 

[warp9.9]

As I wrote before, they are both "balls on accurate". Remember, in the photo I have already re-seated the valve cover gasket, thus providing a false reference for the cam gear marks.

And, just went through all three cylinders with the borescope and nothing in there but the carbon. Bad gas, low combustion temperatures, whatever.

Nooooo black carbon on top of pistons good. Protection and no signs of things like a steamed piston. ( head gasket leak) i did take gasket in mind either way intake side to fuzzy to do anything but guess. Not discounting your eyes just posting what I see or in this case can't see. Its like safety glasses and the importance of them. After all you can chase a woman blind but she has to smell awful bad

 

[Neville Lush]

Difficult for me to respond well. The shims are not perfect, but will not be noisy. I'm not sure that Paul checked the shims at the start. Paul's noise is LOUD. Cam chain should be snug, not loose, but not preloaded. That would not make the noise I heard on video. If the cam was a tooth off it would run like crap, but quiet.

 

[hoopla]

Is the video on the forum?

 

[Joesmoe]

What does this mean ?

Cam chain should be snug, not loose, but not preloaded. That would not make the noise I heard on video.

 

[Penner]

Valve clearence does not depend on the engine. Or at most partially.
It is mostly about the start-up ramp of the cam profile.
In most cases 0.2 to 0.3mm will do it until it gets noisy.

 

[warp9.9]

Difficult for me to respond well. The shims are not perfect, but will not be noisy. I'm not sure that Paul checked the shims at the start. Paul's noise is LOUD. Cam chain should be snug, not loose, but not preloaded. That would not make the noise I heard on video. If the cam was a tooth off it would run like crap, but quiet.

Great thanks its great to hear from someone who has done a bunch . I still have a engine that has the oem buckets but its on a pallet in case I muss up.

Other then that I would point out to paul I use one finger and one thumb to adjust the tensioner. After I back the nut off far enough to move the O-ring off the threads. So you can feel what your doing. Not sure if yours has that because you do not have the ugly APE tensioner.

 

[Neville Lush]

I am away from civilization on tiny phone. Fat fingers. If moving the crank backwards and forwards,looking at cams, there should be less than a degree of play in cam chain. Most errors are folk doing it too tight. This will put strain on the tensioners and accelerate wear. Yes there is an O ring.

 

[sonny]

Amazing. Following this thread and stayed silent. Figured better to keep quite and listen and learn then to speak. Original thought was something to do with cam chain and tension. Figured getting better at trouble shooting after reading this.

 

[1olbull]

Paul, I feel for you man. This type of thing really tests ones patience. All great guesses and ideas from the group. I'm not sure I understand the noise you identified in the first place. Obviously it was out of the ordinary enough to shut it down immediately. That eliminates timing chain chatter in my mind, or even new valve lash noises.
So when you rotate the crankshaft by hand now with the plugs out, do you hear or feel anything new from when you did it just after adjusting all the shims with the feeler gauge?
Is it possible that some small bit found its way into one of the intakes since you had the throttle bodies off? EESH!

You need to stop hanging around Murphy

Fortunate for me, Murphy was tied up messing with Paul this week.
My wiring project (Rob's work) went smooth.
Seriously, Paul, I'm so sorry you are having to endure this prolonged abuse!
I woulda blown the sucker up by now and called insurance . . .