Absolutely cannot get compensator nut off
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From: Eastern NC
Let's hope you have better luck next year! LOL
I'm thinking the weld method would be your best shot. I would cut away the brass around and under the old nut with a dremel, weld a new nut smaller than the comp nut so you can get a good bead around it, beg borrow or "rent" a Milwaukee 12v high torque impact ( 1400 lbs off.. oh yeah) apply heat and get it done.
I'm thinking the weld method would be your best shot. I would cut away the brass around and under the old nut with a dremel, weld a new nut smaller than the comp nut so you can get a good bead around it, beg borrow or "rent" a Milwaukee 12v high torque impact ( 1400 lbs off.. oh yeah) apply heat and get it done.
Last edited by Redrodyankneck; Dec 27, 2021 at 07:15 PM.
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From: Fresno. CA.
I'd almost wager that the previous owner, (or the last wrench that worked on it), more than likely applied Loc-Tite 271 or 272, (Red) Loc-Tite to the threads, in somehow erroneously thinking that if torquing is good, adding red Loc-Tite will be even better. I haven't read all of the replies yet, so if you still haven't broken it loose, then acquire a 3/4" drive, 6-point, black oxide coated socket & have an 18"-24" piece of 1/4" thick strap steel welded to it, make sure that you've got the clutch drum properly locked, place the socket on the compensator nut securely, and step down on the bar.
I'm saying all of this because several months ago this is exactly what I wound up having to do when a guy brought me his 1975 FLH that had a compensator sprocket with several broken teeth on it. And after fighting with it for several days I called the guy to ask about any previous work done on the bike. He told me that he'd put a new primary chain, plus he'd upgraded the alternator to a 32 volt system on it two years previously, and since he didn't have a torque wrench he had slathered a healthy amount of red Loc-Tite on the threads & then "hammer-torqued" it good & tight. Fortunately I had a donator socket that I made my aforementioned alterations to, and with some assistance from a friend, we finally broke the nut loose. The nut itself had begun to fracture from all of the previous attempts, so it was a damned good thing that it finally broke free.
I'm saying all of this because several months ago this is exactly what I wound up having to do when a guy brought me his 1975 FLH that had a compensator sprocket with several broken teeth on it. And after fighting with it for several days I called the guy to ask about any previous work done on the bike. He told me that he'd put a new primary chain, plus he'd upgraded the alternator to a 32 volt system on it two years previously, and since he didn't have a torque wrench he had slathered a healthy amount of red Loc-Tite on the threads & then "hammer-torqued" it good & tight. Fortunately I had a donator socket that I made my aforementioned alterations to, and with some assistance from a friend, we finally broke the nut loose. The nut itself had begun to fracture from all of the previous attempts, so it was a damned good thing that it finally broke free.
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From: BRIGHTON, ENGLAND
I tell ya, by now I would have cut the damn thing off with an angle grinder & gotten a new sprocket shaft put in the crank,... if fact ya may as well do that couse you cannot by now even think it'll be fit for use if you ever got it off whole !
get the Makita out & cut it all off & the jobs done !!
get the Makita out & cut it all off & the jobs done !!
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From: Eastern NC
Still there's no way to "compensate" for all that lost time.
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