Solid lifters to hydraulic

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Solid lifters to hydraulic

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Just had my 62 motor redone and want to get back to the Hyd lifters. It came with solids when I bought it. Is there a source for these parts or do I have to go Epay and hope for the best used?
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JP cycle or many other`s have the hyd. set up , complete with blocks and rods or separate pieces.....
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62trvler!

I hope you still have a stock cam installed?

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I take it solids on a performance cam is a no no. I hope it's still has the FLH cam but I didn't do the rebuild and it has what was in it when I bought it. I would like to get it as stock as possible so maybe I should start calling JP cycle for the Hyd. So far I am not happy the way things have been going with the restore. Maybe I need to take a break till the carma changes.
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Re: Solid lifters to hydraulic

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62trvler!

It is not that "solids on a performance cam is a no no",.. in fact most performance cams were designed for solids exclusively.
You do not want to stick hydraulics back in on top of a cam that won't keep them filled at low R's.
You can measure your cam's lobe lift without (much) disassembly by putting a dial indicator upon the tappet.
Hope its somewhere in the .409" to .412 range to indicate something reasonably stock.
There are some aftermarket cams that will run hydraulics with a higher lift, so if you find a higher lift, you must pull the cam for identification.

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(And no matter what you are told, an Andrews "A" will not keep hydraulics filled on an otherwise stock Panhead motor.)
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Cotton,

Isn't .412 the lift at the valve? With a rocker ratio of 1.5:1 that would be about .275 lift at the tappet. Right?
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I'm easily confused, especially since it been a few years, but those were always the numbers I looked for when the cam was between centers on the lathe.
It it wasn't already marked, that is.
It will take me a rare free moment to doublecheck my feeble memory at the shop, but that still shouldn't stop 62trvler from measureing his!

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Re: Solid lifters to hydraulic

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Thanks for the info. I now have a reason to order some much needed tools. I won't be near mine until this fall so it will have to wait.
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