BDL compensator
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i KNOW. THEY ARE VERY HARD they don't even feel like nylon, but the comp doesn't seem to have a lot of travel. so maybe they don't get hit hard. I don't know that this works, I just know the HD ones don't. so I am willing to try what looks good. I'm the beta tester here!!Hope I didn't waste a couple hundred bucks. it does look good on paper at least
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i KNOW. THEY ARE VERY HARD they don't even feel like nylon, but the comp doesn't seem to have a lot of travel. so maybe they don't get hit hard. I don't know that this works, I just know the HD ones don't. so I am willing to try what looks good. I'm the beta tester here!!Hope I didn't waste a couple hundred bucks. it does look good on paper at least
Even so, although the travel isn't much, the torque will be pretty high...
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I'd sure love to see a pic of yours before you button it up.
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There's a benefit over the Screaming Eagle comp right there. The Screaming Eagle replacement requires removing the stock rotor. So the BDL unit uses the stock rotors cup that houses the stock springs? I've attached a pic of the stock rotor on the right and the referenced cup I'm referring to.
I'd sure love to see a pic of yours before you button it up.
I'd sure love to see a pic of yours before you button it up.
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the comp will just pull in against the washers, and bottom out, so there is no need to remove the rotor. I already had the se rotor in mine, so you have to use some washers, that are supplied in the unit to compensate for chain alignment. there is no need to remove the inner housing. I talked to bdl today and asked about the life of the nylon stops, and they told me that since they released this in 08, they have had no requests for replacement stops. I will post some pics this afternoon
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You are right. I just emailed BDL and got a response right back from Scott. The compensator is designed to work with either rotor. The fact that you don't have to pull the rotor, would make this a very easy and quick install.
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from the time I rolled the bike onto the lift and finished the install (minus the outer cover, no gasket yet!) was 1 1/4 hours and I spent almost 20 minutes getting the shims right for chain alingment. its very easy.
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well, thats the 200.00 question. BDL, for the most part makes pretty good stuff. their belt drive stuff is very high quality. the piece seems well made. talking to those guys, and they claim no problems, but they did do a modification to them a while ago due to hanging up on the threaded part. Like I said before, don't know if this works, but I do know the HD SE ones don't (at least for very long) so we gonna find out!