Ironhead rear cyl missing

[timberjack]

ok after awhile i found one i could get a measurement on the rocker arm bushings and it was .556 for all of them and the rocker shaft is .5535 , so its a nice snug fit.I not sure if the book has specs for this or not i will have to look.I am so certian that the very poor job done on my heads ( i prob couldnt keep up to the fluid leaking out of valve on the first poor seat i fixed) (the last one that i got pic of leaking was the gd one) was the miss problem, but time will soon tell.

Checked it out and .0025 is max (am i readin this right? its a dam clymer). So remeasured, I may have been pressing a lil hard on the bushings and this time I get .555 regardless if i am reading this right I will have to replace these bushings and might just aswell get rocker arm shafts aswell.I hope you tell me i am reading this wrong.

[wedge]

Originally Posted by timberjack

ok after awhile i found one i could get a measurement on the rocker arm bushings and it was .556 for all of them and the rocker shaft is .5535 , so its a nice snug fit.I not sure if the book has specs for this or not i will have to look.I am so certian that the very poor job done on my heads ( i prob couldnt keep up to the fluid leaking out of valve on the first poor seat i fixed) (the last one that i got pic of leaking was the gd one) was the miss problem, but time will soon tell.

Checked it out and .0025 is max (am i readin this right? its a dam clymer). So remeasured, I may have been pressing a lil hard on the bushings and this time I get .555 regardless if i am reading this right I will have to replace these bushings and might just aswell get rocker arm shafts aswell.I hope you tell me i am reading this wrong.

I sure wouldn't mess with that. The worst loose rockers will do is make a little noise. Better a little loose than a little tight.

[timberjack]

Thanks Wedge, I was kinda wondering got to be the dam clymer!! ok they go back together then.
been cleaning in the garage man i let it get messy this time , just gettin a nice spot for the parts to sit and a spot for the motor to set on.just have to remove the primary cover and lift it out.Hittin town for a fred kodlin WG triple tree's i purchased for another project.when i come home i will clean and check the oil pump for wear i might aswell just picture this ordeal as i go to, it may help others someday.

[brucstoudt]

according to your measurements,you are within spec. you have 1-1/2,thousandths clearance,your allowed 2-1/2,thousandths,clearance.i,deleted the decimal points and zeros to make it easier to understand.

[wedge]

Originally Posted by brucstoudt

according to your measurements,you are within spec. you have 1-1/2,thousandths clearance,your allowed 2-1/2,thousandths,clearance.i,deleted the decimal points and zeros to make it easier to understand.

Good catch, I didn't notice the second reading of .555

[brucstoudt]

thanks,but even the extra .001,would have put right at the limit.

[timberjack]

Yes my first measurement was on the line the second is .005 room for more wear thats not much can someone check there hd manual and see what the max celarance is on these ?is the clymer wrong or is it really .0025?

[brucstoudt]

my 1957-69 h-d fsm,says .0005-.002. fit in bushing.the newer manual probably gives the extra 1/2,thousandth clymer is stating.rocker arm shafts changed in 1971. [your still within specs.] .0025,is 2-1/2,thousandths.in simple terms.

[timberjack]

ok, i will live with it for now..sorry for delay was cleaning and found some beer thought it may go bad so i cleaned it up to..back shortly with oil pump findings.

Actually i was bieng a detective and workin on a case LOL!!!

Well with certain trouble to be uncovered soon here is a pic of whats to come.

Will i get that s&s? hmm will i use y grinds? soon see...

[timberjack]

oh boy!!! lol.

I will start to split stuff after i go to town for more brak kleen and BEER i am gonna have some sorrows to drown...lol