Timing cover removal

[Breeze3at]

Well, I thought all evo's were at 9 and 3, but I just looked in the HD accessory catalog, and timer covers are listed for either "vertical" or "horizontal" holes, and not by years. It's not much trouble to use a 3/8" drill bit to carefully drill off the rivet heads and see if your cover also has horizontal holes. You can reattach the stock (or new) cover with 8-32 self tapping screws.

 

[tourbox]

Once you remove your old cover you will see 2 stand off screws/mounts at 3 & 9 o,clock
They hold your Cam Sensor plate in place.Don't loosen them. They have a threaded hole in the center for mounting the new cover. Shovels were the same way. Don't screw the new screws in the 12 & 6 position. A friend did that and about 4-6 months later they finally wor a hole in his Cam Sensor

 

[fxds98]

I bought a dress up cover for mine. I dont have a problem replacing the rivets. does anyone know what size they are?

 

[glider]

Get them from the dealer. They are supposed to be the type that will not drop the head of the rivet into the timer cavity when you compress them.