S&S Camshaft...

Check this out Page Three.... Cam gear How To.

http://www.mikuni.com/pdf/pat_instructions.pdf

Did ya press them gears. Never. Got a call from ya. Do you still need the press I can meet you at the shop on sat after my sons practice.

Ya i hear ya and the tools were not cheap . I got all the jigs for the twin cams . And the install dies also . Ive done them without the tools . But its much better to do them and support the cams with the tools the dies are just the perfect size to support the cams .

I got the gears switched out, thanks Paul.

no problem

I took the cams to local shop and they said they didn't want to do the gear swap 'cause the old cam gear didn't have timing marks and if it was done wrong it might blow up the motor and ask me questions about how I installed the cam and bla bla bla.
Basically they were scared to do it.
I took to the guy that built my motor and he swapped the gears out in 10 minutes, no complaints or questions asked.
It just goes to show you the difference between confident people that know what they're doing a shop the does not know what they're doing.
Funny.

ya i hear ya

I'm all for "support your local indy" but be careful sometimes your local indy is a D-bag!
Paul I'm sure you will agree, there's a few of them in our area.

That is true...there are shops to stay away from...When I said "Local" I didn't mean the closest one to you!! Find a good one and support him...like maybe the guy that built your engine...and swapped your gear...

That's what I do Lucifer.
I have learned that lesson the hard way. It's better to drive further or spend more money to have it done right than to just go to the closest shop.
I do all the work I can myself. I like to work on them as much as I do riding them.

+1:cheers:

It's a simple operation to press off/on a gear onto a shaft, isn't it?
gimme a break.
I understand your point HRK but that's not what they said. Maybe I mis-wrote their response. They said it was the wrong way to do it. I should change my pinion gear and not change out the cam gears.
My guy marked the gear with a scribe from the timing mark on the cam shaft, popped it off and pressed the new one on.
If I had a press I would have done it myself. I would think a "professional" cycle repair shop would be able to do this job. Maybe I'm wrong.?!

yes sir not all of them know what the hell they are doing . i only deal with fellow bikers . and engine builders only !!!!!!! and word of mouth goes a long way . just cause there is a harley in the bay does not mean they know.

i would have pressed it off for ya ! bro i toldya to call me i would have road up to the shop. and saved ya the bull **** call me next time it would have been no charge bro! IT AINT NOTHING TO HELP A FELLOW BIKER.

Thanks guys!

Where are Ultima motors manufactured?
What about S&S?