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Old Nov 3, 2012 | 05:49 PM
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Was changing all the oils today on my 08 FLHT and noticed a pretty big metal sliver on the Primary oil plug. There was only one sliver. Bike has 15k, no abnormal noises. Should I be concerned?

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I get a sliver now and then too. I think they come from the compensator.
 
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Originally Posted by Bingee
I get a sliver now and then too. I think they come from the compensator.
Yep, compensator would be my guess also. Mine started making noise at about 10K miles so I swapped out to a SE comp. Now at 25k miles and no more noise and no more slivers when I change primary fluid.

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