When to install Screamin Eagle hydraulic cam chain?
It is highly recommended when performance engine kits are being installed. As noted in the description the Screamin’ Eagle Hydraulic Cam Chain Tensioner Plate Upgrade Kit was designed and developed as a performance upgrade for earlier Twin Cams to the latest design, as featured on the Twin Cam 96™ engine.
How do you install a cam plate on an eagle?
Install the timing gears and chain, and check alignment with a straight edge (Fig. #11). Use the spacers from the spacer kit behind the cam gear until you find the one that’s the proper thickness to bring the gears into alignment, then torque the bolts to specs and install the outer tensioner (Fig. #12).
When to upgrade your screamin’eagle hybrid cam plate?
Since the engine has to come apart to replace the spring-operated original style units, now is the time to go for a great upgrade that will increase the life of your tensioners, and provide many more trouble-free miles.
Where can I buy Screamin Eagle hydraulic tensioners?
After some tensioner trouble on my wife’s trike on the way to Sturgis, I decided to upgrade to the hydraulic tensioners, and ordered the kit from Screamin’ Eagle (Part #25284-11). It came with most everything you need, but a spacer kit (Part #25285-08) is also recommended, so pick one of those up too (Fig. #1).
It is highly recommended when performance engine kits are being installed. As noted in the description the Screamin’ Eagle Hydraulic Cam Chain Tensioner Plate Upgrade Kit was designed and developed as a performance upgrade for earlier Twin Cams to the latest design, as featured on the Twin Cam 96™ engine.
Install the timing gears and chain, and check alignment with a straight edge (Fig. #11). Use the spacers from the spacer kit behind the cam gear until you find the one that’s the proper thickness to bring the gears into alignment, then torque the bolts to specs and install the outer tensioner (Fig. #12).
Since the engine has to come apart to replace the spring-operated original style units, now is the time to go for a great upgrade that will increase the life of your tensioners, and provide many more trouble-free miles.
After some tensioner trouble on my wife’s trike on the way to Sturgis, I decided to upgrade to the hydraulic tensioners, and ordered the kit from Screamin’ Eagle (Part #25284-11). It came with most everything you need, but a spacer kit (Part #25285-08) is also recommended, so pick one of those up too (Fig. #1).