Lifter noise

I have a 06 streetglide with polished and ported heads,bigger valves,tw8 woods cam and adj. push rods. Just bought this bike 3 weeks ago. Seems to me that it has alot of lifter noise. The bike only has 3500 miles on it,and it is running syn3 oil. Some people tell me I need to run a heavier oil in it. Need some answers.

Sean - Check for excessive play in the lifters by pulling the covers off and turn the the lifter to check for loose play. Should turn with a little effort but no play. Glad to see another trucker on this forum; if you get out this way give me a PM and we'll grab a cup. I'm only 10 mins away from the Truck stop in Fort Wayne.
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thanks I'm going to try this out. what do you think about useing a heavier oil?

I wouldn't use a heavier oil. I run amsoil 20-50 and no complaints at all. Heavier oil just might cover up the problem that you are having.

thanks agian for the reply. if i was to pull the push rod covers off,would i be able to tell if there is to much slack in the push rods with out going to tdc? if they need adjusting i will let the shop do it so I can watch. This is how I have learned most of what I Know about bikes. This is the first bike I have had with any eng. mods. In the past I have had 4 IronHeads, 75 flh and last year I bought a 01 flhrci which I am trying to sell now. I love this StreetGlide and it seems like it's a real runner,just worried about the excess noise I'm hearing.

If you just built yer motor they probaly put stronger valve springs in like they did on my Stage 2 1/2 R&R heads. yer gonna hear the noise.

Makes it a little tough because we can't hear what you hear but in my experience of running a Wood cam (W6H in my 80"), they are a bit noisey due to the quick opening and closing ramps of the cams profile. For torque, he designs them with high lifts and reletively short duration and short overlap.

You shouldn't have to adjust hydraulic lifters unless you have a problem like a loose jam nut or adj wrong in the first place.

Don't know what oil you are running but for that motor, a 20-50 should cover all but very extreme conditions.

JMO but if you don't believe me, just ask me.
- Rick

Screaming Eagle push rods

I also have a little noise at first start up and some backfiring. I have done all of the work myself on the engine sence I have owned it.2k roadglide. I can't remember how many turns after 0 lash di I adjust. I thought it was 2.2 1/2. I read you adj hd 1- 1 1/4 They maybe be different then the eagles. Different thread maybe?

best guess

I purchased them about a year ago. What would be your best guess

You could get a thread gage from the local autoparts dealer to try to figure out the # of threads per inch. Once you have that # then all you do is divide the thread/inch by 10 and that should be the number of turns you need to set them into the lifters 0.100".

Example: If the push rods have 32 theads per inch then you need to turn them 3.2 turns past zero lash. It sounds like the SE ones you have are 24 threads per inch therefore that would be 2.4 turns past zero lash.

SE quick install Adjustale pushrods is 2 1/2 turns.

thank you I am going to do that. the nice weather is here and I am dieing to ride.

After I put the SE quick install pushrods in my bike , I took the instructions and put in the HD manual that I went and bought so I would have them for future reference and I would know where to look for them.