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| techtalk:ref:engmech02f [2019/06/12 04:01] – [Installing Hammer Performance Billet Pushrod Base Kit] hippysmack | techtalk:ref:engmech02f [2024/01/14 21:04] (current) – hippysmack |
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| * Check the clearance between the tubes and cylinder fins before installing the bolts. \\ On big cylinders, you may have to grind some off the fins to get a good fit between them. | **Check the clearance between the tubes and cylinder fins before installing the bolts**. \\ |
| | On big cylinders, you may have to grind some off the fins to get a good fit between them. |
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| | (R) (fins 90" jugs had to be ground for tube clearance) (F) ((photos by DonChicago48 of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1610587&page=21)) || | | (R) (fins 90" jugs had to be ground for tube clearance) (F) ((photos by DonChicago48 of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-era-specific-and-model-specific/frame-mount-evo-sportster-talk-1986-2003-models/148266-building-a-90-inch-sledge-hammer/page21?t=1610587&page=21)) || |
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| | Also check that the cylinder base gasket isn't interfering with the pushrod tube base. ((DonChicago48 of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-era-specific-and-model-specific/frame-mount-evo-sportster-talk-1986-2003-models/148266-building-a-90-inch-sledge-hammer/page17?t=1610587&page=17)) \\ |
| | It could hang up on the gasket and potentially cause an oil leak. \\ |
| | You may have to trim the cylinder base gasket to clear the pushrod base retainer. \\ |
| | You can use the edge of the bottom gasket mating surface as a cutting guide. \\ |
| | With a sharp ExActo Knife, cut the gasket along the outline of the cylinder base edge. \\ |
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| | | Trimming the base gasket. ((DonChicago48 of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-era-specific-and-model-specific/frame-mount-evo-sportster-talk-1986-2003-models/148266-building-a-90-inch-sledge-hammer/page17?t=1610587&page=17)) || |
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| * Push the base down onto the case deck and hold pressure on the base with one hand. | * Push the base down onto the case deck and hold pressure on the base with one hand. |
