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Old May 26, 2010 | 11:45 AM
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Default primary chatter sometimes not all the time

it will do it mostly after i turn left in first gear then go down the road and just before i shift into 2nd gear i get this chatter.
my bike is a 07 dyna superglide 35,000 miles.i just had a new front motor mount put on at dealer and they ajusted the belt.but it as been doing it before i took it in to dealer they say it didnt do it for them and it dont do it for me all the time.
i am thinking auto chain ajuster or stator ?
 
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Old May 26, 2010 | 01:31 PM
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Wouldn't be the stator. It would be either the tensioner or compensator. The loose comp nut issue hasn't really been a problem on the TC96's. Many have replaced the compensator with the new SE compensator and have had good luck with clearing up some clunks and noises on startup and whatnot.
 
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Old May 26, 2010 | 07:16 PM
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I'm in the compensator replacement club and it sounds like you might be a canidet! All fun aside change your primary fluid and if it looks like a metalick milkshake then it might be time to replace it with the SE compensator before it destrois the stator. HD tried to tell me to change the stator when I did the compensator but it was fine.
 
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