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Oct 30, 2011 | 07:06 PM

woredown

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Compensator on 2012 Motor

Does the 2012 103 engine have the heavy duty compensator already in it? The HD service manager where I bought it didn't know.

Oct 30, 2011 | 07:10 PM

Keithhu

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Yes, the 2012's have the SE compensator.

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Oct 30, 2011 | 07:18 PM

dawg

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Originally Posted by woredown

The HD service manager where I bought it didn't know.

Really?

Oct 30, 2011 | 07:45 PM

z71_fourwheelin

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Yes, the 2012's do have the SE Compensator. Or so my dealer says

Oct 30, 2011 | 07:48 PM

leafman60

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Can somebody check the parts book and see if the stock 2012 piece is the SE unit ?

Oct 30, 2011 | 07:52 PM

103 sedona orange

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They should send that HD Service Manager back to school or somepalce to learn some "CHIT" But yet they try to pull all kinds of BS on us.

Oct 30, 2011 | 07:53 PM

blusmbl

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The compensator is mildly revised from 2011 to 2012, and is now the same across all big twins (including the CVO bikes) if I remember correctly from the dealer literature. It isn't the same as the SE compensator that was in the 2011 103's/110's.

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Oct 31, 2011 | 09:29 PM

woredown

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Thanks for the replies.

Nov 1, 2011 | 07:36 AM

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Here's the fitment quote for the SE Compensator 40274-08A

"Fits '06-'11 Dyna®, '07-'11 Softail® (except FXCW, FXCWC and FXSTSSE3) and '07-'10 Touring models. Original Equipment on Trike, '11-later Touring and '12 Dyna® and Softail® models. Installation on '06 Dyna® models requires separate purchase of '07-style stator."