What kind of problem should I expect if the cam split gears weren't installed under tension?
Long story....I decided to check the valves on my America and noticed the holes weren't lined up on the spring loaded gears. I measured each valve, removed the cams and saw that the spring mechanism worked as it should, put them back under tension - holes properly lined up, put the holders back, torqued correctly....and the measurements were now different. I bought the bike last fall, third owner, and I always felt that it sounded like a sewing machine and given I'm at the 17,500 mile mark decided a valve adjustment was in order. I had enough shims to do the exhaust side, waiting on the shims for the inlet valves, with one exception they were all on the tight side below the bottom end of the range. So I haven't fired it back up yet, wasn't sure if I needed to check anything first before doing that to avoid making a bad thing worse??
