Yes, they are.
Yes, they are.
Might as well get the whole kit from SPHD while you can at this price.
https://sphdonline.com/products/v119...nd-1190-models
Thanks for the heads up - i was beginning to regret not buying a set from LAP earlier.
Originally Posted by phelan
Last edited by rb21; 10-16-2017 at 05:59 AM.
It would not surprise me, what manufacturer would not buy off the shelf solutions for other ****. Lambo uses Nissan headlights, Lotus used Toyota engines, Buell used HD engines, and Ferrari charges $450 for a $80 Bosch 02 sensor.
The list of proprietary parts on most vehicles is actually quite small.
Has anyone else ordered this kit? Mine did not come with the 3.000 shims per the description - just wondering if the description was wrong or if my kit was short.
BEWARE SOFT shims..!
A few years back, I bought a box of shims to adjust the valves on my 1125CR. I needed a shim between two numbers in the box. Out of boredom, I took a piece of 600 grit sand paper to try to thin this HARD shim a little. To my surprise...I COULD actually sand it.
This IS A BAD thing for the Buells, as the shim is a friction member. If a little piece of 600 grit sand paper can cut into the shim, the valve and or the rocker arm SURE will.
The Buell and Harley shims are VERY hard. No sand paper or file will dig into them..!
Take a small jewelers file with you, try to file one of the shims (on an edge !), if the file marks, even polishes the shim, ask for your money back.
I've heard of people using the soft shims...odd because there's a good reason Buell and Harley use very "hard" shims.
The soft shims are fine protected under a bucket where no parts slide on it, but as a "stressed or sacrificial" member...not in my engines..!
Your engine, your money.........
Mike
Last edited by Mike; 10-23-2017 at 08:41 PM.
I should have specified which kit i was talking about - i ordered the factory kit from the HD dealer - the link from Phelans post. It just didn't have the last set of shims listed in the description.
Update -just checked the latest parts list from LAP and the largest single shim listed was a 2.975 - so it looks to me that the description from SPHD was just off.
Last edited by rb21; 10-23-2017 at 08:50 PM.
I've never seen inside of the head on these engines but are the valve shims on TOP of the keeper? How do the come out? Do I have to pull the cam? Thanks.
Haven't been in myself either but watched the video in the service manual - there is a "finger" that goes between the cam and the shim that can be moved out of the way to remove/replace the shim. Looks pretty easy - cams are not removed.
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