Harley Davidson Engine Timing
Setting the timing on a 1973 Harley Davidson Golf Cart.
Harley davidson engine timing. Setting the timing correctly keeps your motorcycle running smoothly and efficiently. HD 96295-65D into timing inspection hole. As a Harley-Davidson engine ages you must adjust the ignition timing to compensate for the wear of internal engine parts.
Setting the timing is relatively easy and ensures the maximum. And now theres another manufacturer looking at VVT for the future. All Harley Davidson motorcycles prior to 1978 came with points ignition.
Thread TIMING MARK VIEW PLUG Part No. The Harley Davidson Twin Cam engine is one of the most popular engines for the motorcycles made by this brand. Twincam 88ci 1442cc 95ci 1556cc 8896ci bore 375in 9525mm.
Hook the light to your front spark plug wire and point the light at the hole from the allen screw. Although theyve subsequently been replaced by a more modern version of the same read more. Your crank position sensor reads your flywheels and sends that info to your ECM or ICM carburated.
Hello Cap there is no way to adjust timing on a Twin Cam engine. In a two-cylinder horizontally opposed engine the pistons are timed so that one fires on one revolution of the crankshaft and the other fires on the next revolution -- so one of the two pistons fires on every revolution of the crankshaft. This seems logical and gives the engine a balanced feeling.
The following are some pages that I scanned out of a manual I found for some similar models there was no manual available for the model I had. If not then advance timing must be performed. Be sure view plug does not touch flywheel.