I’m off up to see the bike on Tuesday. Cam tensioner hasn’t been done as far as he knows. So I’ve been doing a little research.
It seems there are two tensioners, front and rear( on different chains). Is one more likely to go than the other or are they both suspect? I watched a few videos, one on a 70k road king the rear one was fine, the front one had disintegrated
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The bike I’m viewing has only 11k on it, am I correct in thinking it seems to be over 25k that this problem can show itself? And if so could I not worry about it for a while?
From what I’ve seen it’s definitely a job I can do at home, although there are a couple of tools that I may need or at least make it easier to do.
There is also the choice of what to do............ replace the tensioners with std Harley ones ( which I assume have been improved) this being the cheaper option or upgrading the cam plate too with an SS upgrade kit which also has hydraulic tensioners, obviously this is 2-3 times the cost.
Anything else I need to consider