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Old Jun 16, 2015 | 09:44 PM
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Have an '09 Ultra. I am wondering about the tightness of the primary chain. I have the stock HD adjuster but I always hear they run tight. Is there a better adjuster for this or should I just leave it be? I don't seem to have any issues except a shutdown clunk every once in awhile, and a little trickey to get in neutral sometimes (yes, I've tried F+, Rotella, ATF) but other than that no issues.
 
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Baker Attitude adjuster. Mark@Bakerdrivetrain is on here often. You can ask him about it in the morning.
 
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Baker Attitude Adjuster on my 09 for 10K miles and no problems and easy shifting and neutral.
 
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The Baker is a good unit if expensive and a pain to install. I hear the newer, 11-12up?, stock auto adjusters are good? I had my stock adjuster welded in place after tiring the Haden which was too tight.
 
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Thank you, I will look into the baker unit
 
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A shut down clunk usually means you have a comp issue. If you're not having issues with your OEM tensioner, why replaced it?
 
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Mainly because the bike only has 12000 miles on it, alittle early to be replacing a comp and if it is bad from what I understand the tensioners used before the 10-15 year model bikes were running tighter than they should. Just trying to stop a possible issue before I lose an ipb or anything else
 
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To install the Baker Attitude Adjuster you must pull the compensator. So I'd replace that too, especially since it has a high failure rate. In addition to that my OCD kicked in and I even replaced my stator with a Cycle Electric one while the whole thing was apart.
 
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