Posting this for a friend. He has a '99 Road Glide, 96" built motor, dyno'd at over 100hp/100 torque. We have the primary cover off due to the following condition:

Symptom is that under a light load at about 2000 to 4000 RPM in any gear I get a clattering noise from the primary side when I’m on a flat road at a steady speed. Backing off the throttle to decelerate, or increasing the load on the engine via more throttle or going uphill, will cause the noise to subside. I can also (lately) get the noise in neutral if I hold the engine at about 1700RPM. I have the cover off now, but visually I can’t see anything that jumps out at me as being unusual. I tried rotating the clutch back and forth by hand to see if I could get any clank or identify any slack between it and the engine crank but can’t.

Our thoughts are the compensator bolt is loose or there is wear in the compensator sprocket. Looking for some input as to what we should be looking for once we start breaking it down.
Thanks!

 

My first guess would be the compensator bolt. Follow the newer compensator torque procedure on reinstall.

 

My HD shop manual just says to torque it to 160 Ft-lbs if I remember correctly. Do you happen to have a web site or reference you can point me to or can you give me a general description of the new procedure?
Much thanks!

 

I think you torque to your spec'ss but then you give it either another 1/4 or 1/2 turn after you torque for the new spec's. I think