Finishing Pushrod Installation

Finally, install (and adjust as appropriate) the pushrods for the other cylinder.

Now, unless you've not drained your oil, pour 1/2 quart of motor oil (non-synthetic for break-in, and no 'energy conserving' or friction modifiers) down each of the pushrod tubes. This will do three things:

• It will add the first quart of engine oil directly into the crankcase. This means, you will be able to add the rest of your oil to the dip-stick tube without having to fill/stop/start-the-bike/fill-again.
• It will saturate the entire cam/lifter area with oil.
• It will spread a quart of oil over the crankcase bottom, which then becomes immediately available to the oil pump upon initial start-up.

Now, if you haven't already, you can finally bolt on the chrome clutch cover using 7.2 ft-lbs. Be sure the dowels and new gasket are in place. Also, be sure you install the chrome clutch cable holder via the two upper bolts for the clutch cover. See photo below.

Then bolt on the left-side timing access cover over the front end of the clutch cover. This timing cover is sometimes called the primary cover. It has no gasket. Tip: The lowest bolt on this cover can be screwed in with a long, ball-end, ‘allen wrench.