Compensator Lubrication
Road Captain
Joined: Apr 2010
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From: Maine
SE compensator lube
The bore of the SE sprocket will chew itself apart with atf or other light lubes. The spokes that ride against the slidding cam also get pretty galled up. The SE compensator is much,much stronger and better than the stock one but chews its bore apart no matter what you do. Formula plus and grinding the spoke grooves to assist oil dripping into the bore when you shut the bike down seems to be the best set up i have found. The bore starts fretting very bad with Redline MTL and atf i've been trying to stop this issue for some time. The stock compensator has no issues with atf or mtl it is a totally different design. No matter what way you look at it the SE compensator is a wear item just like a rear tire the most you can do is slow down the wear on the spokes from the slidding cam and reduce or stop the fretting in the bore. It is a 200.00 part that will not last forever and will crap much sooner with atf.
Road Warrior
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The bore of the SE sprocket will chew itself apart with atf or other light lubes. The spokes that ride against the slidding cam also get pretty galled up. The SE compensator is much,much stronger and better than the stock one but chews its bore apart no matter what you do. Formula plus and grinding the spoke grooves to assist oil dripping into the bore when you shut the bike down seems to be the best set up i have found. The bore starts fretting very bad with Redline MTL and atf i've been trying to stop this issue for some time. The stock compensator has no issues with atf or mtl it is a totally different design. No matter what way you look at it the SE compensator is a wear item just like a rear tire the most you can do is slow down the wear on the spokes from the slidding cam and reduce or stop the fretting in the bore. It is a 200.00 part that will not last forever and will crap much sooner with atf.
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