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I have a 2014 limited . When starting out cold , say right away in the morning , and if you do not give it a lot of throttle, The primary has a tendency to clatter and chatter and make all kinds of noise, when trying to pull away from a dead stop. But after it warms up, the rest of the day while engaging the clutch from a dead stop, everything is pretty smooth. Has anyone else had this problem ?
I'm having a unusual sound down there also. Went for a short ride yesterday and started to hear a rattling/clanking sound that I've never head before. It progressively got worse. Got home and put it up on the lift and sounds like it's in the primary. Did some research and read where it's common for the compensator nut to loosen. Does this sound familiar? Hope it's as simple as taking the primary cover off and tighten back up.
I'm having a unusual sound down there also. Went for a short ride yesterday and started to hear a rattling/clanking sound that I've never head before. It progressively got worse. Got home and put it up on the lift and sounds like it's in the primary. Did some research and read where it's common for the compensator nut to loosen. Does this sound familiar? Hope it's as simple as taking the primary cover off and tighten back up.
You will need to clean the thread and re apply loc-tite. I do not want to turn this into an oil thread, are you running formula plus in the primary? I had a similar noise , checked the bolt and the tensioner found no issue with neither changed fluid from syn 3 to formula plus no issues since.
I have a 2012, I'm sure HD didn't figure out they needed an auto tensioner until after that. But anyway, am I just removing the primary cover and tightening the nut. The graphic above showing the bolt sequence is interesting. I will follow it if it's crucial how the bolts are removed and installed
I have a 2012, I'm sure HD didn't figure out they needed an auto tensioner until after that. But anyway, am I just removing the primary cover and tightening the nut. The graphic above showing the bolt sequence is interesting. I will follow it if it's crucial how the bolts are removed and installed
You have an auto tensioner also, I believe they started around 08
Thanks Crimson, wasn't aware of that. So possibly I don't have a loose compensator nut. It left a Bad feeling in my stomach hearing that sound. I will pull the cover off this evening and hope for a easy fix. I'm not a mechanical guru by any means but if it's a simple tighten technique, I think I can manage. Stay tuned.
The bike needs to be on a center stand. Drain the primary . To remove the outer primary use an impact screwdriver and the proper bit. The screws are different lengths. Replace the screws in the same holes. replace the gasket(s). IF u remove the comp bolt, replace it. use a torque wrench. you will need something to jam the primary chain while tightening the bolt (160ft-lbs). if you're tempted to check the clutch hub mainshaft nut, be advised it's is CCW to tighten and torqued to 80ft lbs. be careful tightening the primary drain plug - it strips very easily.
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