Re: 74 Ironhead Timing Breather Valve?
1 tooth off.
1 tooth off.
He's on the money......Smart dude on xlforum says close is all you get with breather valve.
Yeah, I just saw that. This is fucked. There's also a tooth broken off on the small gear on #2.Check the XLforum again.
I posted a problem w/ your #2 cam.
The (shaft) points keyway is rotated in the cam: NFG!
Well thanks for that warning. I'll bring the cover and all the cam gears to the local wizard to get checked out. He's got another #2 cam for me so at least I've got that going for me.Holy Moely.....
You got a tooth broke....!!!!
To much backlash would mostly be the blame for that...
If you have mega slop in the cover bushings, will be in the same boat in the near future...![]()
You can't see it in the pic. It's on the #2 cam gear, on the smaller gear behind the large one.where is the broken tooth?? i must get my eyes checked because i've looking at that picture for 5 min and cant spot it! lol
That was a previous owner deal. It is electric only, no kicker, no kicker style sprocket cover. I broke it, but starter is now good to go. The insulator was bad allowing the stud to spin breaking the Field wire inside. Mostly previous owner's doing, It had been twisted a bunch before I got it and the field wire was hanging by a thread where me jiggling it caused it to break. Local gen/starter guy rigged it up to work but I had to be careful tightening the nut on the stud. But, then when I put the bolts back through, I scrubbed the insulation on the field wire causing the bolt to short out.Man at least you found out now instead of down the road ,and its gettin fixed,How bout that electric start what is the starter junk??
The pic of the gears was how I found it when taking the case off. You can't see the broken tooth in the pic. It's on the #2 cam gear, but on the smaller gear behind the larger one you see in the pic (two gears on that shaft).Ok, i think theres a bigger problem , look closly at the front intake cam , its installed 180 degres out. the timing marks should be both pionting downward to get them to line up. But i still dont see a chipped gear
The wizard mentioned that. Said he would use a '75 he has at the shop.When new bushings are installed, Best to line ream them from the case that the cover will be seeing duty on...
This would require the right side case being pulled to do....
Can used a doner from about the same year as what you have, But ..Still would be best to use yours....
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