Thinking about a Compensator eliminator.
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From: Honah Lee
I have a friend with one without it. Has a 3" belt for the primary. He describes it as a terrible cruiser. It give it a notchee coarse fill from the shared crank pin and not a true 180 apart firing pattern.
Not sure why you want to do it unless you are going full static display, garage queen or bar bike.
Not sure why you want to do it unless you are going full static display, garage queen or bar bike.
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Do it and don't worry. It's one of the first things I do. It's part of a stage 1 upgrade or above. People always theorize about "shock" and such. They fail. Eliminators don't. I have had no issues on 96", 107" 110", 124" and now a new M8 114'. LOTS of miles and LOTS of holeshots, burnouts etc. and never an issue.
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Compensators are not about shock protection. Even my TC88 will wind it up and bang . It's drive confort. They rarely wear out. They do make noise if fingers fret. Hurts nothing unless it annoys you.
Untill Harley fell to bigger and bigger dog with two dick
mentally, they lived with warranty breakage. Then they had no choice but design the cush drive to get most thru warranty . Even to those who flog it...
Untill Harley fell to bigger and bigger dog with two dick
mentally, they lived with warranty breakage. Then they had no choice but design the cush drive to get most thru warranty . Even to those who flog it...
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Compensators are not about shock protection. Even my TC88 will wind it up and bang . It's drive confort. They rarely wear out. They do make noise if fingers fret. Hurts nothing unless it annoys you.
Untill Harley fell to bigger and bigger dog with two dick mentally, they lived with warranty breakage. Then they had no choice but design the cush drive to get most thru warranty . Even to those who flog it...
Untill Harley fell to bigger and bigger dog with two dick
mentally, they lived with warranty breakage. Then they had no choice but design the cush drive to get most thru warranty . Even to those who flog it...
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From: Honah Lee
Did I misspell cush? Don't think so. So this may help.
Moss always grows on the Northside of the tree
PS..Winding up a compensator with a WOT slam shift or missed shift is like spinning your tires in the dirt and hitting the asphalt. That breaks things. Probably even with cush drive.
T12, add a signature line to your user on the bike, year, and all the letters so we know what bike you are referring to.
Moss always grows on the Northside of the tree
PS..Winding up a compensator with a WOT slam shift or missed shift is like spinning your tires in the dirt and hitting the asphalt. That breaks things. Probably even with cush drive.
T12, add a signature line to your user on the bike, year, and all the letters so we know what bike you are referring to.
Last edited by Jackie Paper; Feb 12, 2021 at 02:34 PM.
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Well, you know, you gotta get your facts straight.
An 88TC is a different animal from a 96/103/110TC, 107/114/117M8, let alone a 124+ big bore engine.
The cush drive is to absorb shock loads to the belt/rear wheel.
The compensator is to absorb shock loads between the crankshaft and the gearbox. If it's worn out, it will create excessive wear to the crank, chain, clutch, and gearbox. If it breaks it can do significant damage to the primary drivetrain.
Replacing the compensator with an eliminator will eliminate the wear/reliability issue, but it will require strengthening other parts in the primary drive. Other parts will wear out faster if you don't. I'd recommend upgrading at least the clutch basket and crank bearings.
An 88TC is a different animal from a 96/103/110TC, 107/114/117M8, let alone a 124+ big bore engine.
The cush drive is to absorb shock loads to the belt/rear wheel.
The compensator is to absorb shock loads between the crankshaft and the gearbox. If it's worn out, it will create excessive wear to the crank, chain, clutch, and gearbox. If it breaks it can do significant damage to the primary drivetrain.
Replacing the compensator with an eliminator will eliminate the wear/reliability issue, but it will require strengthening other parts in the primary drive. Other parts will wear out faster if you don't. I'd recommend upgrading at least the clutch basket and crank bearings.