Just bought a SE Compensator

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Mar 13, 2011 | 09:40 AM

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nchogfan

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Thanks guys for all the replies and information. I hope to get to this sometime this coming week.

By the way, my brother rides a '09 Fugly. He thinks swapping out the compensator is a joke. Time will tell. All I know is I'm pretty sure my stocker is raising tee-total hell!!

Mar 13, 2011 | 11:33 AM

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It's great to read these threads , lots of good info . I also have the SE compensator and clutch diaphram spring to install . Put a set of Woods 555's in last week so I guess I'd better jack it up again and work on the left side of the bike .
Thanks to the folks that have done the work and the insights you offer in completing the tasks .

Mar 16, 2011 | 09:02 AM

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stupid_rope

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Just made an appointment with the dealer. It's going to be $79 to swap out to the SE compensator. Love my dealership.

Mar 16, 2011 | 09:20 AM

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slime_dog

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I have a 2007 Ultra and the compensator change has made an INCREDIBLE difference! No more starting problems and possibly a smoother gear change. I say "possibly" because I am still not sure if it just in my mind. I am SURE about the starting problems going away though! "Stutter starts" from stoplights have been eliminated too.

Mar 16, 2011 | 09:31 AM

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fireaxxe

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Oh and the directions say you will be able to turn the outside of the compensator (the part that the chain is attached to) by hand, if you torque the lock bolt to 140ft/lbs you will not be able to. At least I wasn't i used the wrench to turn it once the bold was torqued down and it did. I agree with the comments that others have made about how smooth the bike feels now, i thought it was a joke to change this out also, now I wish i would have done it sooner. All that turbulence that the old compensator was causing may be the reason some of us are seeing crank failure...just a thought.

Mar 16, 2011 | 09:49 AM

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hoethree

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Hmmmmm, "my" dealer told me not to believe all the things I read on the internet and said they had only replaced 3 in the past two years. "Uh, Jim, could you pour me some more kool-aid?"

Mar 16, 2011 | 10:32 AM

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gmc

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I did mine this weekend w/o taking the clutch off and grinding the ridge, thanks to those that posted this info. I was surprised the chain would come off doing it this way. Why is that ridge there, for case strength or to add to dealer service cost? At 40k miles the org. didn't show any signs of wear so I hope this was worth it. My dealer had to order it and really hadn't heard of replacing these and they service a lot of bikes. I did ocassionaly get the starter kickback so that alone may save me problems down the road. I did about 150 mile test run and haven't noticed a big difference but I did the wedge adjuster, glide-pro stabilizer and motor mount and 68T srocket change recently so may be too many variables plus not riding in a couple months. I do notice the difference with the 68T rear sporster sprocket and thanks to those who did the post on that also. I think I need to go back to the "If it's not broke, don't fix it" philosphy before I go broke, LOL.

Mar 16, 2011 | 11:47 AM

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Faast Ed

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At 40k miles the org. didn't show any signs of wear so I hope this was worth it.

A weak spring won't necessarily show you signs of wear.
You already saw how much beefier the SE Comp spring is. Less chance of bottoming out and putting a shock load on the crank.