
S/E Push Rod Adjustment
1. Remove stock pushrods using a bolt cutter.
2. Place the motorcycle on a hydraulic center stand with the rear wheel raised off the ground. Remove spark plugs
3. With transmission in gear use rear wheel to turn engine over until both front cylinder tappets are at their lowest point.
4. Replace O-rings, lower pushrod cover and spring cover keeper with new components supplied in kit.
5. See Figure 1. Loosen locknut on all of the pushrods and adjust them to their shortest length.
NOTE
pushrods with the Thinner "Finished" area on the tubes must be
installed to the Intake location on the cylinders; pushrods with
the Thicker "Finished" area on the tubes are slightly longer and
must be installed to the Exhaust locations on the cylinders.
6. Install pushrods with pushrod covers. Be sure adjuster end
of pushrod is down and ball end of adjuster is in tappet
socket.
7. If hydraulic tappets are used, adjust pushrods following
procedure A. With solid tappets, follow procedure B.
NOTE
Pushrod adjustment must be made with engine cold.
Hydraulic Tappets
1 Adjust pushrod length to zero clearance.
2 With the pushrod tube kept from rotating
with a 1/2 inch or adjustable wrench, slowly turn
the adjusting screw with a 5/16 in. wrench, 2-1/2 complete
turns counter clockwise (lengthening the
pushrod) as viewed from the bottom. (You may wish
to mark adjuster to aid in counting turns.)
3 Hold adjusting screw and tighten locknut with 1/2 in.
open end wrench against the pushrod tube. If
pushrod turns with locknut use three open end
wrenches, one to hold the pushrod tube, one to hold
adjusting screw and one to turn locknut.
Wait ten minutes before turning engine over after adjustingfront or rear cylinder pushrods. This wait allows tappets
to bleed down and prevents bending pushrods or
valves. Pushrods should turn freely and valves must be on
their seats (closed) before turning over engine.
4 Wait ten minutes. With transmission in gear, use rear
wheel to turn engine over until both rear cylinder tappets
are at their lowest position.
5 Repeat steps 4 through 3A for the rear cylinder.
6 Install pushrod spring cap retainers on pushrod covers.
Install spark plugs and return transmission to neutral.
7 Connect battery cables.
Always connect the positive battery cable first. If the positivecable should contact ground with the negative cable installed, the resulting sparks may cause a battery explosion
which could result in death or serious injury.
Solid Tappets
1 Turn adjusting screw on pushrod until zero clearance
exists in valve train. Pushrod should turn with no drag
and no up and down "shake."
2 Hold adjusting screw and tighten locknut with 1/2 in.
open end wrench against the pushrod tube. If
pushrod turns with locknut use three open end
wrenches, one to hold the pushrod tube, one to hold
adjusting screw and one to turn locknut.
3 With transmission in gear, use rear wheel to turn
engine over until both rear cylinder tappets are at their
lowest position.
4 Repeat steps 4 through 2B for the rear cylinder.
5 Install pushrod spring cap retainers on pushrod covers.
Install spark plugs and return transmission to
neutral.
6 Connect battery cables.