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Bike is a stock 1976 FLH, changing some sprockets and replacing seals. My question is when the nut , 40392-70 is torqued down is the Retainer cover assembly able to spin. Right now the nut is frozen in the retainer. I assume from the diagram in the parts catalog that it should come out. Everything is apart but it seems I will need a new compensator as the nut is stuck. Maybe a press will help with out crushing things.
If what I read is you have the compensator off, yes the OEM compensator retaining bolt is free to pull away from the other parts. If it spins by hand, it should come out.
Thanks, thats what I thought, the compensator came off, the spacer, rotor, stator all came off. Its the nut that is frozen in the spring retainer. Nut came out a fraction but froze.
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