Here we go again.

 

My Harley Touring manual, purchased when I purchased my bike says on page 1-12, Table 1-5 under Primary chain lubricant.

Wet 38 oz
Dry 45 oz

32 oz places you well below the clutch, 38 just on it. I have a '10. I do not believe your tech when my manual says otherwise. An independent Harley mechanic told me they were too lazy to open an extra quart just to add 6 ounces. I do not know if this is common practice, but it seems to be with your tech. I really don't care about your oil change, but I will do mine as recommended by Harley, not the poorly paid tech who was promoted from a service writer last week. Ask one of the mechanics who are too busy working on bikes to do oil changes why the tech disagrees with the Harley Service Manual.

On page 1-23, section 1.9 Primary Chaincase Lubricant it says on the top of page 1-24; "
6. Install drain plug and tighten to 14-21 ft-lbs (19.0-26.5 Nm).
7. Pour 38 fl.oz (1.12 liters) of recommended GENUINE Harley-Davidson lubricant through the clutch inspection cover opening.

Note: Add 45 fl.oz (1.33 liters) only if the primary chaincase or primary chaincase cover has been removed.

 

Harley has cheapened up the bottom end of their motors while increasing the cubic inches (and power). The compensator is a way to keep the motor from twisting a flywheel. It's like a shock absorber for the motor.


The compensator is between the crankshaft and the primary chain to the transmission.

 

Would going to a belt in the primary eliminate the compensator?

 

Good info, but Harley tour bikes have had a compensator for a very long time. It isn't recent or because they cheapened the bottom end.

Their primary function is to even out the drive line output of our 45 Degree, single pin crank and all that.

 

I was thinking about this the other day when I had my primary cover off- starting the bike slams that compensator pretty hard and it's usually dry when starting from sitting. Too bad you can't get some oil in there before starting?

 

junk compensators is the problem ! i have many friends running 124" engines with the old evo syle comps. with no problems. and they run them hard. harley needs to tighten up their specs. and use better bearings in their engines, along with better lifters.