I had a developing noise in the primary of my 2009 103, which I thought might be the compensator. Took it out and the spring set was very loose and as it was the original, it did need replacing.

I installed a Baker unit, and added the Attitude Adjuster just to alleviate future problems with the chain getting a little too tight. Completed the proper torque with the Baker compensator (140 ft lbs), adjusted the chain to 5/8", and buttoned it all up.

There's still what I believe to be excessive noise coming from the primary at idle. Pull in the clutch doesn't change anything. Put it in gear and it's quiet.

Any ideas, or am I just being oversensitive to noise?

 

Main drive gear bearing. The tell tale sign is it gets quiet when you put it in gear.

 

Thanks, Mark. If anyone knows about this part of the Harley...it's you! Much appreciated.

Now off to checkout YouTube for a video. This may be over my head. ;-)