new nose cone for shovelhead

Lick's claims that the helmet is the lightest, smallest 3/4 DOT on the market. It weighs 1.8 pounds and since I shaved a small bit of material from the inside it fits like a glove. I think I'm not going to wear my old half helmet anymore because the 3/4 also cuts down on the motor and wind noise, a feature I liked when I had a 3/4 a couple of years back. If the stuff arrives from Kirby by Friday, I may be able to get it all together for the weekend. We will be having a heat wave by then in the mid 60s through Monday . Right now it's 16 degrees.

Got the inner cam bearing yesterday from J&P. It must be NOS from Crane as it is stamped "USA" & B138 on the edge. The bearing fits Evos and shovels. Still haven't removed the old bearing. Waiting for Tattoo to get back to work so I can borrow his puller & insertion tool.

The parts came in today's mail. Everything looks good - I'm very excited. But my truck had to go to the truck hospital and I must come up with nearly $600 to get it back. Always something . . . never fails.

So ya make a plan B. Gonna try and get Mac the Wife to get the tools from Tony today. If that happens, I can pull the old bearing tomorrow and get started assembling the motor.

Each day it's warming up a little more and by Saturday we'll be up in the 6os until Tuesday. High risk of rain a couple of those days, but that's the way it is around here in winter - warmer days are almost always accompanied by showers and after that it gets cold again.

I am so glad I have the parts and I'm looking forward to working on the bike again. Got wood to burn, beer in the fridge and tunes to listen to while I work. Things could be far worse LOL.

Have a question about my new inner cam bearing. I tried the fit on the end of the Andrews cam and it's a bit sloppy. Is that normal? My old bearing that's still in the motor has about the same amount of free play. I'm thinking maybe I can go with the bearing that's in the motor since they seem to be about the same as far as free play is concerned.

Checked with Tattoo and he says he doesn't have an inner cam bearing puller.

The Torrington is better than a Crane? I just located a Torrington inner cam bearing ('70 thru '85 shovelhead) on Ebay for $21 including S&H, but have not bought it yet.

I have my doubts it will fit any better than the Crane. I was surprised how loose the new Crane bearing was when I slipped it over the end of the new Andrews cam. Is that normal?

Oh well . . . I just wasted another $21 - I just ordered a Torrington/Koyo bearing from Ebay before I read your last post. After reading your previous post (#26) earlier, I read the instructions that came with the cam and Andrews also recommended using a Torrington bearing (as did Lucifer). The "Crane" bearing does have more slop than I'm comfortable with, but not an 1/8th of an inch - more like a 32nd of an inch or less. It also has "Koyo" stamped on it, and from the research I have done, it is a "Torrington" bearing, so I'm going to go with it. I will probably give the spare to Tattoo as the bearing I'm putting in will outlast me LOL . . .
I have access to an Auto zone for the puller, but if I walk in there and ask for a shovelhead inner cam bearing puller they are going to look at me as if I came from another planet .

To date, I've spent over $500 to try and get rid of the cam seal oil leak. Hoping this will do the trick.

Thanks HRK. Kirby didn't send the old cam back. It's $110 for the ebay kit which would bring me to well over $600 on fixing this dang oil leak. It's getting expensive and I can't justify buying that tool for a one time job.

I will try warming up the case with a torch lighter, as you say, and then spraying some R134 refrigerant on the bearing, then pull it.

I am going to try using the new cam for the install, taking your advice and freezing the new bearing about an hour. I assume the bearing sits flush to the edge of the case? It appears the old one is sitting flush.

Here's a pic of a puller I borrowed from Mike, my farm mechanic friend. A similar slide hammer puller is used to pull the same bearing in a picture in my SM by a Harley tech. I think this'll do the job . . .

OK. Like I said earlier, the slide hammer is what they used in my '70 to early '78 service manual. Shows a picture of a guy removing the old inner cam bearing with it, and installing the new bearing with a ball peen hammer & special tool. I thought that was interesting . . . Old tech never dies - it just fades from the scene LOL.

Did a few bearings with the heat and freeze method...works good,the bearings practically fell in...should have mentioned when you said you bought a Crane bearing that it was a Torrington...
Did you get a cam shim kit too??You're going to need shims to set end play and your old gasket...SM should have end play specs...
I usually put the bearing in the freezer the night before I was going to install it(frost free freezer) never had a moisture problem,but put in in there on something like the packaging it came in....
You could use the new cam to install,but I'd only do that as a last resort,if Tattoo has an old shovel or Evo cam you can use one of them(preferably with no gear on it)...With your wood working skills you could make an installer out of hard wood and put your old cam shim on the end of it...

josh,let me know if you want to borrow remove/install tools