S&S 475 Cam Install By a Beginner | 2023 Harley Davidson Low Rider S
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- Опубліковано 7 лип 2024
- Hey friends
I decided to pull the trigger and bought the S&S 475 cam chest kit for my 2023 Harley Davidson Low Rider S, along with a handful of specialty tools to tackle the install myself. Things went a little sideways at times but we made it in the end. It was a roller coaster of an experience but I’m glad I took it on and accomplished things.
Hopefully seeing a beginner tackle this job helps bring some insight to the process, or at least entertainment.
Thanks for watching, see you out there!
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:45 - Removing spark plugs
01:00 - My past motorcycles
01:34 - Paperclip trick
02:22 - Cutting the stock push rods
04:04 - Removing O Rings
04:18 - Opening the cam chest
05:17 - Removing tappet covers
05:41 - Removing stock tappet cuffs
06:13 - Removing stock lifters
06:45 - Broken tools and end of day 1
07:25 - Removing stock cam chain tensioner
07:35- Removing timing sprockets and chain
08:48 - Removing stock cam plate & oil pump
09:08 - Breaking a bolt inside the case…
0:12:07 - Broken bolt process
0:14:14 - Getting the bike back from the shop
0:15:00 - Cutting a shorter cam plate bolt
0:15:49 - Measuring the crank runout
0:16:34 - Stock cam
0:17:00 - Removing the stock cam bearing
0:18:12 - Stock to S&S bearing comparison
0:19:06 - Pressing the S&S bearing
0:20:05 - Buying the cam chest kit
0:20:35 - New engine case O rings
0:20:51 - Assembling the S&S oil pump
0:23:19 - Installing the S&S oil pump
0:24:08 - The S&S 475 Cam
0:24:44 - S7S cam plate
0:24:58 - Torquing the new cam plate & oil pump
0:26:58 - Measuring sprocket coplanarity
0:28:13 - Adding the timing chain
0:30:44 - Done with the cam chest
0:31:01 - A new morning
0:31:47 - S&S tappet cuffs & lifters
0:34:10 - New O rings & tappet covers
0:35:03 - Push rod O rings
0:36:25 - Power outage intermission
0:36:56 - Chrome vs black push rod tubes
0:37:33 - S&S quickee push rods
0:40:00 - Final steps
0:41:51 - ECU tune?
0:41:13 - A sluggish first start
0:41:35 - More oil to remove the ticking sound
0:41:49 - Successful start - Авто та транспорт
We need more videos like this, i mean the style you do these videos in. Really detailed video with great quality. Id like to see long road trips, camping trips and what equipment to use, roadside repairs and your everyday life. Youre gonna go far, i just know it!
@@Placidi0us hey thanks for the kind encouragement. I’ll keep them up all summer. Hopefully no roadside repairs though!
That's awesome man! Killer job, and great video!
Thank you, appreciate the support.
Dude great job on the install. I can also appreciate all the camera placements while you did the install.
Thank you sir!
wooooow!! job will done, that is impressive man. thank you for sharing your experience in on part, we missed you but now we know why 😅
Haha thank you. Ya, unfortunately went from a weekend job to something much longer but thanks for hanging around while I got the job and video done.
I'm not mechanically inclined at all so this was really fun to watch.
Thanks for checking it out.
Great video! Kudos to you for having the courage to perform this upgrade to your bike. I've watched a lot of videos on the process (probably all of the same videos you've watched), and while I feel confident that I could perform this procedure, I opted to let the a master tech at a local dealership do it on my bike because I was adding an oil cooler and was at a regular service interval. I hope you have a great riding season.
Hey thanks for the compliment. Glad you got yours done successfully as well. Cheers!
It feels so good to do your own work. Great video, keep em coming
It certainly does. Cheers!
2023 has new bearing from factory. Mine did on my 23 lowrider st
I done my 3030 cam at 900 miles so I kept mine in and kept stock plate and oil pump. They're plenty good enough to suffice in operation.
Man, that was one heck of an ordeal, definitely a freak bolt from the factory. Glad everything worked out, the bike sounds great!
Thank you.
I did my 2011 FLHX full S&S 551C cam kit. You were smart to check crank runout I’ve seen new bike with over .010 runout crazy but true. S&S provides awesome instructions I called the tech line on a question during installation they were super helpful.
Harley used to use a caged cam bearing they were junk. Any time you do a job like that new parts are always best gives you peace of mind.
Sorry to hear that bolt locked up on you but it’s typical Harley quality control issues unfortunately. Did you bump the motor to prime the oil pump and tune the bike prior to running it, just curious great job hope you enjoy that new set up it’s awesome.
Thanks for sharing your insight. I'm definitely curious to hear and learn from others as this is all new to me.
Yes sir, I did tune before starting. I'll be posting a video on my tuning process next.
Jeez man...great video. Sounds like what would have happened to me had I decided to do my cam myself. I'm like you, fairly comfortable with my mechanical abilities...but there so many things like this that are just out of your control and hard to figure out when it's happening if it's your fault or not. Glad you got it resolved though...nothing like getting the job done yourself. Great videos, well edited and quality...nice job, brother.
I'll admit I did feel vindicated when 6 other mechanics, much more accomplished than myself, were all challenged by the bolt. They think that the port for that one didn't get bored deep enough during the factory production so when a bolt got run down in there, it just wadded itself into a hardened mess. Those things happen though I suppose.
Many thanks for the compliment.
@@Warren-Rides Also glad to hear your local dealer did you right and charged only one hour of labor for the attempt. Good to hear. I'm posting off my personal account now but I've got a FXLRST channel I just started up working through mods and upgrades...hope to get some more travel videos going once it's not a million degrees down here in Texas. www.youtube.com/@MotoATX
So funny. I did the exact same to my '23 LRS yesterday (6/23). I found that my cam bearing was exactly the same as the "updated" bearing. Was a waste of time/tools to change but I did it anyway. Same Koyo part # and number of needles. HD must have made a running change to the newer bearing. My runout: .003".
Ah, interesting. Thanks for sharing that. Ya it's a bit of a bummer to find out once you're already in there because, as you mention, the tools for the bearing swap aren't cheap. Maybe others can get a heads up from us sharing at least though. Enjoy the new cam!
@@Warren-Rides No kidding. I have to admit, I bought the Amazon knockoffs for the cam bearing tool and sprocket locking tool since I only planned to use them once. They both worked fine When I saw the same cam bearing I was surprised. Like you, I tutored myself through UA-cam. I had no broken bolt though. That would have soured me a bunch.
Does this void your warranty? Nice upgrade.
I would imagine it does without a doubt.