Part 4,Changing the Cam in a Harley Panhead

[@ludoviclebreton1217]

Welcome to Mike's garage ! In a few weeks, Those few words are like music to my ears , really thanks for sharing your passion with us, and those fanstastic engines. Now I want a shovel or a Panhead ... Hi from France

[@pacificmike9501]

Welcome aboard! Thank You.

[@cameramanmike2072]

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[@wildbillcamp8617]

Adore your attention to detail , Mike then the methodical procedure taken. You fortify my ambition to return to working on my baby .Thank you for all you do in front of the camera.

[@pacificmike9501]

Thank You. Take it slow and enjoy it. It really is fun, or I wouldn't do it.

[@Saveourfreedom]

Hello Mike, this is Maintenance in its purest form. Very good Video and all Steps so good explained. Thanks

[@pacificmike9501]

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[@edwardlynch9032]

Experience speaks volumes. Nice work, great tutorial. Thanks.

[@pacificmike9501]

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[@michaelmorgan5714]

Hi Mike, I'm bagging up onion plants and weighing out fertilizer for my onion plant co-op. Don't ask, it's just what I've done for the last xx years. I've been a gardener as long as I've been a motorcycle rider. Anyway, I think it's great when something goes wrong and it's not my bike. That helps when it happens to me one day. I'll be back tonight after I'm done with everything else and watch the whole thing 3 more times. Mike from Maryland

[@pacificmike9501]

Thank You. Glad you enjoy.

[@midnightmc3096]

Righteous work! And, how wonderful it is to see proper gear-driven cams on a big twin as opposed to the ridiculous bean counter solution Harley insisted on by using chains, starting with the Twin Cam and the ensuing debacle and reputational damage that did to the company, never mind the damage it did to many of our wallets... From southern California - Ride Forever!

[@pacificmike9501]

Yes sir. I do like gears.

[@29687ray]

Always interesting, thanks

[@pacificmike9501]

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[@hobojo10]

I don't own a Harley I have a 05 Suzuki Boulevard C90 but I really like your show and how you put this older Harleys together and I really like your Baby Doll it's really a nice bike

[@pacificmike9501]

Thank You. I'm glad you enjoy it.

[@darrell3368]

Mike thanks for sharing you and camera man have a blessed day tomorrow

[@pacificmike9501]

Thank You and you too.

[@cameramanmike2072]

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[@johnnybrace]

love the schoolin' sir....

[@pacificmike9501]

Cool. Thank You.

[@elsdp-4560]

Thank you for sharing. Enjoyed.👍👀🛵🗯

[@pacificmike9501]

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[@davidrichards5899]

good presentation. always enjoy your videos.

[@pacificmike9501]

Glad you like them!

[@arthurleino]

Good video, thanks for the upload!

[@pacificmike9501]

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[@normanbrown2137]

Thanx for the video, you definitely have a ton of knowledge. My 77 FLH is my put together bike. From watching your videos, things go much easier. Thanx Mike and Mike

[@pacificmike9501]

Glad to help. Thank You.

[@cameramanmike2072]

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[@tocov5007]

Thank you for sharing your years of experience.

[@pacificmike9501]

My pleasure! Thank You for watching.

[@leetownsend46]

Lovely job thanks Mike's 😊

[@pacificmike9501]

Thanks again!

[@cameramanmike2072]

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[@inspirationalequine8603]

Always good to see your face friend! Hope you're doing well!

[@pacificmike9501]

I'm well. Wishing you the same. I have stuff for you on my desk!

[@inspirationalequine8603]

Awe thank you! Maybe see y'all Saturday!

[@cameramanmike2072]

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[@cameramanmike2072]

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[@biker12354]

the best videos thankyou Mike

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[@billvandyne4685]

Thanks again, Mike.

[@pacificmike9501]

You are welcome!

[@frankdyce6450]

Love the videos, thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@pacificmike9501]

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[@flashgordon2816]

"Get it right on the first poke" ... THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID! .... :-)

[@pacificmike9501]

Okayfine.

[@flashgordon2816]

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[@richardhartley7094]

Making it real Mike👍👍

[@pacificmike9501]

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[@dray1842]

Nice series, lot of good info. Thanks

[@pacificmike9501]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thank You.

[@williammclellan5119]

Love your videos man !

[@pacificmike9501]

Glad you like them!

[@michaelmorgan5714]

Done with the onions and ready for the next step. I'll See you then.

[@pacificmike9501]

Cool. I'll be here.

[@cameramanmike2072]

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[@oneman1812]

PS 577 , I NEVER FORGET!.

[@dejonsmall9886]

Mike, as usual another great video.Aren't those Accurate Engineering Heads?

[@pacificmike9501]

I don't know who made those.

[@rebel_ltz]

Why is assembly lube better than using fresh motor oil? Thank you!

[@pacificmike9501]

It's designed to cling better before start-up, then dissolves faster.

[@JohnTheBlacksmithUSA]

It’s always a bit frustrating to have to wait on gaskets to arrive. I got my ’54 FLE ready to go last week just as the warmer weather finally hit here in Colorado, only to have fuel pour out of the carb when I went to fill the tank. Now I’m waiting for the carb kit to arrive so I can put it all back together and ride. The wait will make it all the more enjoyable though, and I will be happy knowing the carb is is good shape.

[@pacificmike9501]

If I bought new gaskets every time I took apart one of my Linkerts, I wouldn't be able to buy groceries any more. Remove them carefully, and a little white lithium grease will seal them up again and they won't stick next time.

[@JohnTheBlacksmithUSA]

@@pacificmike9501 the gaskets on it are old and brittle, and the float was full of gas, so the rebuild is in order. I reuse gaskets a lot but in this case it needs a bit of love and attention before it’s ready to go. Not a big deal, while I’m waiting for the parts I’ve already cleaned the carb and all parts and reassembled what I can.

[@royalblue2043]

I had an old Stratochief a 1964 model I believe.I paid about 200 bucks for it. It had a sticky float.I would tap it with a small finishing hammer.Saved my bacon on numerous occasions and I was able to get home. My motorcycle did somewhat the same thing a few months ago. Lol

[@JohnTheBlacksmithUSA]

@@royalblue2043 Yeah, I had a Honda in the 80s that was the same way. Used to carry a screwdriver with me just for the purpose of using the handle to rap on the carb bowl. In this case, the fuel was just pouring out of the Linkert, both from where the float bowl meets the body, as well as out the intake. Carb kit should arrive today or tomorrow though!

[@jameshaines3370]

Yeah no use in not saving that cover gasket. In time you will be oh I have a gasket to fit right ummmm here. 👍

[@pacificmike9501]

Yup. Kind of a pain though.

[@billyfield8984]

Hi Mike I fell down the rabbit hole and started watching a bunch of videos that came across my feed showing harley kick start kickback.can you do a video on this and is there a certain procedure that prevents this or is there a kit that can be installed in the bike that prevents kick start kickback on older bikes.thanks in advance

[@pacificmike9501]

I've shown it a lot of times. Turn on the fuel at the petcock. Kick it through with the choke closed and the throttle open all the way a couple of times. Now open the choke all the way. RETARD THE TIMING. Turn the ignition switch on. Crack the throttle open just a little bit and kick the engine over. When it starts, advance the timing. I've shown this a bunch of times. Don't forget to retard the timing before kicking it with the ignition switch on. Okay. Now you're an expert. We show cold starting these thing repeatedly. Go to our KZbin homepage and click on "videos." There are, at this moment, 227 videos up. I've shown kickstarting in there a bunch.

[@billyfield8984]

@@pacificmike9501 I'm a devout follower,I've seen all your videos,most more than once.your the reason I have a basket case in my shop at this very moment.I feel as I may have posed the question wrong.I dont believe I've ever witnessed you experiencing kickback.so in the spirit of simplicity. What causes kickback ? ( compression) so how is it avoided (the steps you've explained in there specific order )? Do all harley kick starts grab and are capable of kickback or did they find a solution and start installing solution at some point ? Now I'm sure you got greater things to do than answer an onslaught of questions from your fans/followers but boy are we impressed/grateful when you do.Love you,your Chanel and your humility mike.You are welcomed in my house anytime !!

[@taco472]

Speaking of projects, what happened to ‘The Project Bike’ , didn’t I miss something........???

[@pacificmike9501]

You haven't missed a thing. I want everything out of the way. Then, major concentration on the Flathead motor.

[@cameramanmike2072]

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[@thakery5720]

Hi Mike, I was just thinking about the failure of the bush in the cover..... could that have affected the bike's running, if it was not keeping the cam where it should be and altering the timing etc, maybe even making it run somewhat irregular. After all the problem wasn't the cam but it's mountings.

[@pacificmike9501]

From what I hear the bike was really giving a bad time and would no longer start. That cam was wobbling around. The bushing (not having been pinned when it was installed), spun and not only turned itself down smaller, but it enlarged the hole in the cover where the bushing used to fit. The cam also got damaged. Sometimes you just have to correct everything you can find and start over again.

[@thakery5720]

@@pacificmike9501 Yeah, I got what the problem was and how things have been resolved but wondered about the cam moving around having maybe upset the cam timing and running of the bike. To qualify my question, on a 2010 96 inch twin cam ( now 113 inch etc etc ) I had S&S640 chain drive cams and with (the needed) higher valve spring pressures increasing the forces on the chains and tensioners, I noticed that things were 'not quite right' when I took the cover off to check the tensioners. I found the tensioners were worn and the cams, chains etc etc all showed signs of the cams not rotating in a constant manner - cam lobe surfaces were almost indented suggesting to me that things had been 'bouncing around'. I changed the whole cam chest contents to avoid futher trouble - cam support plate, oil pump, went to gear drive cams for 'better timing control' as the adverts state - and found that the bike ran smoother and was not as noisy from the cam area any more. I'd already had the crank trued and welded before the initial build so runout was with the required limits - I was lucky and learned a lesson about chain drive not being a good thing for such high-lift cams before things got really bad ! Anyway, I just wondered if the Pan you are working on had gotten to the poor running (and not starting) state due to unreliable cam timing - thinking further on it, the 'mobile cam' would have put undue forces on the lifters/lifter blocks with it's general instability, 'fore and aft' as well as up and down. Thank heavens it decided not to start before a total blow-up and rebuild situation occured.

[@oneman1812]

I been taping top right 144 2 go 480.

[@oneman1812]

Advanced timing?. IDK, yt su. X

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But uRock!.

[@oneman1812]

Mike u HA kept me awake & Alive . AFFAIRS VIETNAM VETERANS DAY!. LOVE YOU!.

[@ralphtieleman4950]

Watch out for April Fool’s jokes !

[@pacificmike9501]

You too!

[@pierrem1012]

Hello Mike I have what could be a silly question... My bike has a setup with Evo -87 FXRT and a -72 gearbox kick only, belt transmision from god only knows... Now when I kick it sometimes loose compresion for several turns on the motor, not all the time but sometimes. Question is is that normal? First time with kick only, and its realy hard to start, runs fine when started, mikuni 40 carb regular circuit breaker. Changing to a S&S E soon and hope it will help. Have a nice day Mike(s) and helo from sweden

[@pacificmike9501]

Hello. It sounds like your kicker gears are not locking up. Pull the cover off and repair it. You'll learn how it works that way. I believe your Mikuni 40 has an accelerator pump. That should help make it start easily. That starter problem is, like I mentioned, probably the gears hanging up. But, another possibility is a valve in the engine sticking open. You have nice day, but a service manual from a 1984 Softail would improve your day and an earlier one for the transmission. You just need a couple of books and get ready to explore. It actually sounds like a fun bike.

[@pierrem1012]

@@pacificmike9501 thank you for replying. The bike is a mess but it just needs a "litle" bit of love. Feels like the valves is the problem... Need to watch more of your videos then everything will be ok :) thanks again

[@cameramanmike2072]

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[@pierrem1012]

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[@WiSeNhEiMeR-1369]

HOWdy Mike, Following along with the PAN CAM Change Too much CAM end play & incorrect GASKET = oops ! COOP ...

[@pacificmike9501]

You got it.

[@zari63]

Hello mick and appreciate an excellent video let me ask u an equation: what is the main reason for change this cam???

[@pacificmike9501]

It was damaged, spun the bushing in the cam cover. All needed replacing at that point. it was caused by misalignment, due to a mismatched bunch of parts.

[@miketripoli1301]

So .010- .014 cam end play is fine? I have a Clymer book saying .001 - .005 end play??? Whattaya all say?

[@pacificmike9501]

Always better a little loose than too tight.

[@GNelson1989]

Hey was that you in an episode of car masters: rust to riches at the roadster show when the sold the 55 coe and the 54 futura? I swear they walked passed you

[@pacificmike9501]

I don't think so.

[@GNelson1989]

Hmm. I swear it looked just like you

[@pacificmike9501]

I bet we get blamed for stuff neither one of us did.

[@loddude5706]

Wow - proper gaskets eh? - even if they are the wrong flavour. Over here we just use old cereal packets, Swiss Army knife scissors, English teeth & an electric cattle fence for the holes (bite down on card, pee on fence, repeat to suit), then stick the resultant mess down with copious amounts of Blue 32 (Hylomar) so all the oilways get blocked too. End result? - Brum brum brum - knock knock knock - clang clang clunk - silence . . . but no oil leaks! . . . every time : )

[@pacificmike9501]

So, like, where were you when I turned up the wrong gasket?

[@loddude5706]

Oh, just rolling around on the floor in abject sympathy, as one does : )

[@markb3129]

You sure that bike and LC aren't related 🤔😉.. ✌

[@pacificmike9501]

Pans of a feather...

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[@ralphtieleman4950]

Good afternoon Mike , how are you ? Thank you for this video.

[@pacificmike9501]

I am quite well, thank you. Wishing you the same.

[@ralphtieleman4950]

Thank you , Mike . I am well and smell like 50W and quality gasoline. An elegant bouquet according to the ladies.

[@pacificmike9501]

Amen.

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Hello.

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Thank You.

[@oneman1812]

& I never wanted 2 RR out & kill enyBody AFFA ta watching 1 yoURr vidrr

[@pacificmike9501]

Take care. We'll get her done.