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Oct 13, 2019 | 05:43 PM

Cruisineasy

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Outer Primary

About to pull the outer primary on a '14 SG. 19500 miles
Have a little chatter that I want to investigate.
Is the gasket reusable?? I want to have a new on on hand if it's not..

Oct 13, 2019 | 05:51 PM

dawg

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It can be reused if you’re careful and it looks in good shape. Just don’t bend it.

Oct 13, 2019 | 05:53 PM

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It can be reused if you’re careful and it looks in good shape. Just don’t bend it.

Oct 13, 2019 | 06:35 PM

sanman4ever

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Follow the torque specs and sequence and it can be reused.

Oct 14, 2019 | 07:41 AM

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Suggest you look at the shiny spots of the compensator cam. Mine began to make some noise and I found the shiny wear marks about an inch long on each side of the valley. I added an old medium sized spring as a shim and it is quiet and smooth now. Harley got tired of replacing compensators because of noise and made a shim pack kit that can add preload to the springs, that is probably all you need to quiet things down.

Oct 14, 2019 | 07:44 AM

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Oct 14, 2019 | 08:21 AM

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Another +1 on reusing. But, if you are not comfortable with that and don't want to spend $50 on the H-D replacement, here is an option.

https://www.jpcycles.com/product/610...primary-gasket

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Oct 15, 2019 | 01:25 PM

hattitude

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Cruisineasy

About to pull the outer primary on a '14 SG. 19500 miles
Have a little chatter that I want to investigate.
Is the gasket reusable?? I want to have a new on on hand if it's not..

As mentioned, Harley came out with a procedure to measure and then add shims to a '14+ noisy compensator, that will quiet it down....

Courtesy of Joe Lyons at Powerhouse Cycle & Dyno: