just curious. im doing an ironhead restore/build. where did you get your forward control kit? mine came with mid controls and for some reason 1984 is the one year I can not locate lol

Manifold should of gone on first before anything was tightened so everything rotates to conform to the manifolds seal, preferably using the superior s&s clamps, just saying.

If you are a harley owner and cant figure out how the drive chain tensioner works you shouldnt own a moped nevermind a harley

Hope its electick start i hate kickin

He painted the frame blue ..why i would not paint a harley frame blue you can see every little mark

Whst he dose not realize the jugs are probably marked . F...AND ...R

He does odd things... disasemble it for no reason

What a guy not.a good thing to do you cant guess

No there not the same they ware diferantly he shoud of kept them seperate it has to be roght or yhr engine will ware prematurly

Maybe its just me but why would this guy disasemble a complete running harley pistons are realy clean thsts odd to me

Why would you paint a harley frame blue now it looks like a huge dirt bike

Hi my name is Rick what's the best way to replace the pilot shaft bearing in the trap door 1978 sporster

Good video--thanks! One way of determining a consistent amount of adjustment among the pushrods is to tighten them up with your fingers, as you've done, and then from that point back off by 1/4 to 1/2 flat. This makes for a slightly looser adjustment . However, his is a good way for ironheads as the adjustment tightens up when the engine warms up.( For aluminum head Harleys, it is the opposite--the adjustment loosens with heat). I may have missed it in the video but this should only be done when the engine is ice cold.

I was always told to leave the head bolts and jug nuts a little loose and then put on the intake to get the intake perfect first which also helps clock the heads but way easier to get intake sealed up nice.

I would chang your handle to captain word salad

Thanks guy now I.got the picture and even.more knowledgeable on.harleys as time goes on.its a process when your used to.japanese you have re tool your brain

And do it your self .the right letters for this are d.i.y.s ....not ...d.y.s

Here we go again now he's saying how to pronounce the words properly..is this a motercycly fix ..or a cermon

In yhe video when explaneing the procedure boom.boom.bla bla dosent help bla.

What the hell 2 000 awnsers I 2 minutes iwasnt confused but know a axillary bring my bike to a expert I don't want to damage of fry any wiring.. not worth the risk to me fir a little money my ride won't get fried

Why with 78 Harleys 883 foes yhe generator have to be polarized before it will work again

I just found your videos on 1977 it’s helping me put my 1979 together Keep making videos

Thanks for the help I'm going to go try this before I go buy a new generator

Thank you so much ! Awesome tutorial . I get it ! Going out to adjust mine right now !

If you dont know what you are doing, i would advice you to find other videos on how to do this, might save you from effing up your ironhead.

so how do you now that you are tdc on comp stroke with only one pushrod showing?

The same with older Harleys......

I use to have to do this on the old US Army tanks when replacing the main generator. Polarize the system...same as you just did. Most of the time had to be done....

Thats funny right there... "You know the battery is fully charged if the bike starts!"

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I don't know why Machine shops waste all that money on precision instruments when all you have to do is jiggle the piston and run your finger in the cylinder. Why do they charge for boring cylinder when you can just hone it until you can stuff a .010 oversized piston in it. Wow, just wow.

4:13- jump positive on battery to armature terminal

That my brotha, is one of the nicest ,f,,,,, king sports I've ever seen.. beautiful profile, clean rake...... nicely done bro..

mans just butcherd his piston heads

This is how you make a 30 sec video into 8 mins hehe

I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYONE USE A WIRE WHEEL IN PISTONS LIKE THAT IN MY LIFE

This is a direct quote from the official Harley-Davidson -1970-78-Sportster-XL-XLH-XLCH-XLT-1000-Service-Manual: "The front chain should be checked every 2000 miles for correct adjustment. Check chain adjustment through oil filler opening located near the top of the chain cover. A correctly adjusted front chain should have free up-and-down movement in the upper stand midway between engine and clutch sprockets as follows: Front chain adjustment: 5/8 to 7/8 in. chain slack with cold engine; 3/8 to 5/8 in. chain slack with hot engine. Check adjustment at the tightest point on sprockets, found by rotating sprockets." In other words, set the chain tighter when the engine is hot and looser when it is cold to allow for component heat expansion.

Did you take the starter of the engine

Thanks for this video. You just saved me a lot of troubles.

Loose head bolts can cause oil to pass the gasket and burn. Trust me. Also, anneal the copper before installing

Thank you for helping!

well be watching since I myself am in the mist of redoing my 77 xlh sporty as well but it is still a nice looking bike

First off I know im a little late to the party. But well i wanted to say thank you for taking the time to record all of your work on the silver bullet. You did all this work under a car port. I have nothing to bitch about doing it in my garage. I have a 1980 iron i am turning into a chopper. Thanks for inspiring me to do so. i just between last night and today 1/29/2021 i watched the whole play list. I truly enjoyed it. Once again Thank You P.S. the bike looks great.

What is this you speak of ? To many tools that is not possible.

Nice video. Another way to determine which cylinder is front and which one is back, look at top fins of cylinders. Those nicely radiused cutouts of partial top fins are for the exhaust pipes. With cylinders positioned correctly so pushrods are to the left, then check out top fin cutouts to determine front cylinder from back cylinder. The side of cylinders without top fin radiused cutout is for intake manifold.

Do you recommend getting new head bolts?

Subscribed. I'm tearing down my '79 Ironhead this winter; top end for sure, maybe bottom if the crankshaft's as rattly as it sounds, so I'm probably going to get through everything you put up here sooner or later.

... a plastic chopstick is thinner than yur finger if you ever retape this step, you can use a chopstick to point inside.

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I have -always- disconnected the armature wire from the regulator before flashing it the generator.