2005 Harley Davidson XL 883L Sportster "harleys end engine noise" Questions

...end of your engine on your Heritage. A Harley-Davidson engine is of an older design being that the valves are pushrod operated. It is not an overhead cam design like a lot of other bikes that try to ...

engine noise top end engine noise and vibration at low rpms on the top end of motor and air bubbles on dip stick I would need a description of the noise.

Harleys dont have valves to adjust. Only the v rod has valves to measure. If your having top end noise , lifters are normally the cause of that . If your having noise in the top end and looking at the

...end, this is normal. Your engine is an older design engine using pushrods to operate the valves instead of the more modern overhead camshaft design like other bikes. This is what makes a Harley a ...

have 27000 miles on the same oil. If so lots of engine parts are likely worn out. nORMAL FOR SOME AIR BUBBLES TO APPEAR ON THE DIPSTICK WHEN HOT. This engine should not have vibration or top end noise

...engine has. There is no way or need to adjust the valves. If you're hearing a slight tapping noise under the rocker box covers, this is normal. If you're hearing a loud tapping noise that ...

...end, and the impact jars my teeth! Does anybody have any idea what might be causing that CLANK? I did buy the bike gently used (it only had 1100 miles on it) - it can't possibly be that the front ...

...people describe that noise as a whining type noise. If you still have the original pushrods in your engine, you will have to remove the rocker box covers to get the tappet blocks out. Good luck ...