Finally Installing the Velva Touch Pushrods into the Harley Shovelhead
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- We've been going through all the steps. Now it's time to install the Velva Touch pushrods. It's a little difficult, but well worth it. Then, we're going to 2023 Born Free. We'll get to see some of our old friends and, some new ones.
Firstly, I never get bored with your videos. Secondly and thereafter, I find your videos highly educational and practical. I read the manuals and haven’t worked side by side in a garage with a professional mechanic since my Dad passed years ago. So, I learn major tips by watching and listening. Your videos are absolutely essential for working on the older Harley’s. U-Tube knows where to put the commercials right at critical info moments. Thanks for posting Mike.
Glad you like them!
Nothing better than hanging with you and Mike in the shop!!!
Thank You. Glad you enjoy it.
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I always enjoy the videos, regardless of the length. The longer the video, the more good information. Great job guys 👍
Awesome, thank you!
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It's a tedious job adjusting pushrods. But important that you get it right. And of course, you do. Thanks, Mike.
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Always enjoy watching. You get into the details that get it done right👍
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Watching you is like hanging out at a shop an there showing me how to fix my bike 😎👍🏼
Cool. Glad you enjoy it.
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You are my “go to “ resource on the restoration of my 67 FLH foot clutch. Appreciate your efforts in making these fantastic videos.
Wow, thanks!
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Good video Mike. Nice to see a SU Carb too!
Thanks!
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Vern Ott Marion Ohio, my hometown. He was a good man!
He certainly took some time with me. Nice guy. Thank You.
What are the odds we get a toolbox tour mike? Like a lot of us gearheads, I LOVE tools, and especially vintage snap-on. I’m quite a bit younger than you, (no offense) so my snap-on is of the late model variety. They sure do make a fine tool.
Yes they do. I guess we're gonna have to do it. I keep getting asked to do that.
I've got new pushrods and lifters sitting on the bench in my garage waiting to be installed in the old shovelhead. Such great timing on this video.
Having all those new goodies in there should be a real pleasure. Enjoy it.
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Love your work 👍🇦🇺
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I have BMO Velva Touch lifters, with Evo cam Evo oiling on my '73 Shovelhead.
Cool.
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That’s a fine machine Mike thanks for your precise demonstration video
Thanks for watching!
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You are certainly a wealth of knowledge sir thank you for sharing this.
Wow. Thank You.
My old evo 92 is running fine now ..thanks Mike😊
Glad to help.
Thanks Mike really enyoy the videos..
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Glad you like them!
Boreing?..you?..never!!,....whenever I'm not sure about doing something to my bike I find the appropiate film and you ushually have the answer...long may you continue to make such excellent films and am so looking forward to seeing the "project" bike up and running,never really seen a big flathead running.
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Thank You. We'll get there.
Hello Mike and Mike ! How are you ? Thank you for this video.
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Never boring, Mike.
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Thank you for the interesting content.
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Velva Touch!! Good stuff. I had a set in my 76 shovel that I took out last year and sent them in to have them refurbished and brought up to modern standards. David over there got them back to me and they are essentially all new. Shovel wheels since I am still using a shovel cam, but oiling up pushrods since I'll be using s&s roller rockers.
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Very appreciative
It's my pleasure
Thanks, Mike 🍻
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You Mike’s are awesome! Thanks for doing what you do.
Glad you like them!
Bored? Never!
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Mike I can’t decide which of your bikes best they are all great rides
Thank You. The bike I'm riding is the favorite one for that day. Usually depends on which one is appropriate for the party we're going to attend.
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great video mike always very informative if i my ask why 9 flats on the front and 6 on the back just saying ....and thanks for promoting snap on of which i am a 40 year veteran dealer retiring this year sir
Mr. Ott engineered it that way. Probably to compensate for Harley's screwy angles in their pushrods. It sure works.
I'm only part way into this video but my old brain might forget the question by the finish. You are useing corks top and middle and neoprene in the bottom. Why? I use blue neoprene in all three places now, I started with cork 25 years ago when I bought my Pan, thought I was upgrading. Did I?
I always enjoy your videos and still learn things, thank you.
They both work. I use either one. I found I had a bag of the big seals (bottom). So, I ordered a bunch of small seals (middle and top).
Have you ever had the urge to use the boxed-end wrench? Haah 😄
It depends on the fastener. Does it show? Is it chrome? Do you have high quality tools that actually fit? Box end is a good grip, not always a good idea. I worked on customer's bikes for many years. Scratches and rounded corners are not permitted.
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My first lifters was a 72 shovel.
I was 21 fresh out of the army.
Took the valve cover for to be polished. Any I was having the same problem with the wrench as you are having. I had a brain storm idea. Dad had a little ignition wrench Boxed end
The Boxed. End on the bottom works great until you try to get it off.
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Could you do a video on the amount of crush that the o rings on the intake manifold of the pan head engine need to remain sealed.
I've shown how to install then on several videos. Fresh O-Rings and flexible stainless steel clamps are what I always recommend. If you look at whatever catalogs you use, S&S supplies really nice aircraft style clamps that I always use. Much better than "hard" clamps. A little expensive, but well worth it.
I have discovered that the space in which the o rings occupy must be 0.025 inches narrower than the thickness of the o ring which I measured to be o.212 inches so space should be 0.187 .this will insure o ring maintains sufficient contact with head and manifold to prevent air leak when engine is hot and space 0.187 increases due to cylinders moving away from manifold.
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Picking up a new project tomorrow don't know if I told you. Found a 65 FL that has not been cranked in 40 years.
Cool! I had a 65 FLH. It took me a bunch of wild places.
Good video Mike. Is it a good idea to check the pushrods before long trips or after every oil change? I also noticed your motorcycles are never dirty. Ain't there any bugs in California?😂
I wipe my bike down before and after rides. It keeps it looking nice and it makes me aware of things I need to look at. Once they are set right, hydraulic lifters rarely need readjusting.
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Great video Mike. What carburetor is that on your shovel?
SU Eliminator II.
Why don't my hands work is a question I ask myself daily. A few crashes, dog bites, and many years of hard living. If only our bodies improved over time as our minds do.
I don't have those answers. I haven't gotten further than motorcycles yet.
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I know they make a little more noise , but I like solids better.
I understand. For me? Depends on the motor. Shovelhead top ends grow so much with all the heat they make that the solids end up with too much clearance and are too noisy for me. In the Knuckle or Pan, solids rule.
@@pacificmike9501 do you run the engine until it gets hot and then reset the push rods this is how I would do it ??
No. I set them cold. Done carefully and correctly, they should not require resetting. We're speaking of hydraulic lifters here. If you have any doubts and wish to reset them, fine. But, do them cold.
@@pacificmike9501 solid lifters
Not at all the same. This discussion has been about hydraulic lifters.
Please make a t-shirt with the words “And there it is” below a picture of your knucklehead.
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Hey Mike got some reason I remember having to soak or prime new lifters in oil ? Is that true
Either way. Get them pumped full of oil before starting the engine. Rotating the engine with the plugs out to fill the lifters is a good idea. Don't heat up the starter.
Mike do they make velv lifter set for S&S Evolution super stock or just the adjustable S&S push rods set that are advailable ? Thank you Mike for any information on the subject🤔😎
I believe they make a set for Evos. If so, that's what you're looking for. Try "Competition Cams."
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Hey mike i proudly own an 89 fxsts (softail springer) in the english prison colony Australia, see lots of similar bits from your shovel and my evo mainly the cases, nose cone and oil pump. I am very curious how much of a cross over between shovel and evo until the evo did become true evo and not a shovel/evo mix?
The cases were redesigned slightly to accept the new Evo top end. The connecting rods received some changes as did the oil pump. There were more modifications later.
@@pacificmike9501 so early evo and late shovel were not truely that different overall...unless your a late model change over...ie shovel vs evo
I don't know what you're trying to do. The Evo and the Shovelhead are two different motors. Mixing them together is not going to gain anything for you. The different motors that Harley has produced, all have different running characteristics. I prefer to enjoy the different motors for what each one is. Usually have to add a little excitement to factory motors, but that's what we crave.
@@pacificmike9501 not trying to mix at all. It was purely a curious thought.
Zen Master, When referencing “adding excitement” to the motors, are you referring to mild stuff like perhaps a hotter cam and such, or are you speaking of bigger bore and/or stroke as well?
(Sorry to have missed you and cameraman Mike at the show on Sunday 😐)
Thanks for now!
Ah, the angle of dangle gives length to the shove,
for the arms on the rockers are not quite above,
& the line of the lifters goes somewhere else too,
so the balls in their sockets must all boogaloo . . .
But that's what you get with your cams in the pantry,
& running your valves through an overhead gantry,
'cos lifters want valve stems as straight as they are,
for a nice easy lift & without reaching too far.
Flatheads, of course, lose this clattering chore,
by keeping their valves in a barrel next door . . .
Torque about simplicity . . . Being simple, I often do : )
That's beautiful! A poetic stroll through two types of valvetrain in the same verbal creation. I love it. This one absolutely does it!
We should also thank Charlie Dickens & Chubby Checker for the slippery goodness of Bristol's double sleeve-valves - 'C'mon everybody, let's do the Oliver!' (sorry : )
With reach like that, you should be able to shake my hand from there.
Superb! Did you write that?? For perfect cadence towards the end, I would drop the last &.
Ride Forever! 😎
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Mike would it make a difference if your on compression and not overlap ? Overlap can fool you into thinking your on compression by the lifter method and not checking the spark plug hole compression? I have the velva touch newer version from David in Maryland...great guy great customer service personal over the phone guy.
Always adjust your valves on the "heel" of the cam lobe.
does this lifter set up work with stock cams ? another awesome video, thanks.
Yes it does. Thank You.
Great video Mike! Quick question. My lifters don't bleed out and can't be turned by hand, what can be the problem?
First off, what is the motor and what are the lifters. I've seen hydraulic lifters defeated because the guy wanted solids. If the pushrods won't turn, the valves are too tight I'd say a "fact finding mission is in order." I'd want to be inspecting some parts.
Hi Mike, do you know of anywhere that still sells the SU carb that you have on your shovel?
American Prime Manufacturing in Santa Fe Springs CA. Ben Kudon, phone, 562-889-8665
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Great video, what heads are those? I notice those have 3 exhaust bolts when my 82 FXWG only have 1
They are STD heads. And I love them.
Ive been told the shovelhead front exhaust is at a bad angle where it setes in the lifter, the other pushrods have the correct angle i just used solid lifters back in the day pans , shovelheads i could know when to change my oil the lifters would start rattling noise any truth to this Mike?🤔😎
Pans, Shovels and Evos. The pushrods are all at strange angles due to design features. This is one of the many sets that's been made to help alleviate some of the strain.
Dude, how about some punctuation?
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Is there a sequence in rotating the engine to install the lifters? Do i put front piston at TDC and instal front cylinder lifters?
It is easiest to install the lifters on to the heel of the cam. Therefore, installing the front ones, TDC on the front cylinder. Then, installing the rear lifters, TDC on the rear. Not always necessary, but a good way to do it.
Watching this funbling was sad
Yes, I am not young any more. And they are a rather difficult pushrod to install.
Pacific Mike, I had to unsescribe from your channel because you or UA-cam got to greedy. The pop up ads are out of control. Good luck. Atlantic coast mike
Sorry. We don't make much, but we do need it.
Always something good you guy have a good time on the run LEMAY NELSON VANCOUVER WASHINGTON NORTH WEST
Thank You. We will. Have a good week end.
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Your photography needs work. Moves to much.
Sorry 'bout that.
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