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I purchased a Hayden M6 tensioner to solve the problem of my 24 tooth compensator sprocket leaving too much tension in the primary chain.
Bike is a '96 FXDWG but with a '98 clutch basket.
Assuming I have the Hayden set up right, there is still lots of slack in the chain and it actually touches the roof of the tensioner.
I know the most likely reply will be to buy a shorter chain or a larger compensator, (I think stock was 25T?), but I'm holding out hope there is another method or something I'm forgetting that will fix this setup.
FWIW, mock up with a 25T straight sprocket and the stock tensioner gave me correct tension, though I had to pull the tensioner pretty much to the top of the slide to do so. Thanks!
I put a Hayden in once and the springs failed on it stretching the **** out of my chain.
I was 40 miles from home when I first heard the chain slapping the inside of the primary.
I think you need a shorter chain which I'm fairly certain is available from Baker.
BTW Baker doesn't recommend the Hayden M6.
It looks as if you are mixing the wrong parts! I used an M6 with complete satisfaction for many happy years and with no problems whatever. As Texas points out Baker don't like them, so I have begrudgingly gone back to a stock style tensioner, having installed a DD6. I doubt if any tensioner will take out the slack caused by using the wrong length chain.
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Compensator size and Hayden Tensioner issues
