2003 Harley Heritage Classic FLSTCI

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2003 Harley Heritage Classic FLSTCI

#1 Unread post by Tazman1296 »

Hi Guys..My 2003 Heritage has about 38000 miles on it and had a small oil leak on the rocker box cover.. After opening that up, I noticed a burnt smell from the oil and ended up pulling the heads. The base gasket had a small perforation in it and had to be replaced. The pistons had eveidence of carbon on them but the cylindre walls did not have any scouring or excessive wear. After reassembly, the bike appears to be fine but I can hear what sounds like the counterbalance chain rattle around periodically. Does anyone else have any experience with this and what are my options to repair this? The oil pump appears to be OK and no sign of any blocked orfices.. I don't want to tear the engine down unless I have to... Thanks for any good advice...

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#2 Unread post by dr_bar »

Might want to move this to the trouble shooting topics, it may get more action there...
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#3 Unread post by KingRobb »

Before you go tearing anything down check your primary chains adjustment...doesnt take much slack to get noisy.
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#4 Unread post by Locopez »

is the sound coming from the right side....there is a small possiblity that it could be your cam chain tensioners.....This is a problem for the TC 88............I replaced mine around 40k and one looked awesome the other was about ready to go?????
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