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Old Nov 10, 2012 | 01:51 PM
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I was out riding this morning and a rattle noise started coming from my primary case. It sounded like the chain might have been hitting against the inside of the primary case. I rode the bike home and put it up on the lift table and opened the inspection cover. Nothing really remarkable. The primary chain was properly set. I drained the oil and pulled the cover off and found the problem.



The sprocket cover was torn apart on one side and the spring plates were sticking out of it and hitting the inside of the primary cover.



A little bit of damage to the inside of the primary cover but it wasn't broken. A lot of metal in the oil. I have to pull the stator off and check for metal on the magnets.
The sprocket cover or spring pack is a special order part and will take a week or so to be delivered to the local dealer. So much for the last few days of riding this year.
 
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Old Nov 10, 2012 | 02:14 PM
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Never a good time for it to happen, but better now than in the middle of riding season and the part be on backorder from the MoCo! That really puts a damper on things, been there, done that, got the t-shirt!....Hope you get it going before it gets really cold, maybe you'll get a few more riding days!!
 
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Old Nov 10, 2012 | 03:42 PM
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not sure what yr bike you have but I have my stock unit I took off my 09 street glide 96in when I did the S/E upgrade..mine hadnt failed.. it has about 10K miles on it.. the spring pack is made on the rotor ..if your intrested shoot me a PM..
 
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Old Nov 10, 2012 | 03:57 PM
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They could have it in two days if gotten from another dealer. Several dealers in North Carolina and W. Virginia show as in stock.
 
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Old Nov 10, 2012 | 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by dawg
They could have it in two days if gotten from another dealer. Several dealers in North Carolina and W. Virginia show as in stock.
Yeah, I checked around a few dealers in the Washington DC area. Noboby around here has one, but there are a few scattered around PA. I didn't check NC but then, I didn't want to drive all the way down there for one either.
I'll just wait it out. I'm sure it won't be in on Friday like they told me. Never does work out as they promise.
 
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Originally Posted by Eric Moore
not sure what yr bike you have but I have my stock unit I took off my 09 street glide 96in when I did the S/E upgrade..mine hadnt failed.. it has about 10K miles on it.. the spring pack is made on the rotor ..if your intrested shoot me a PM..
Mine is an 06 Road Glide. They use the older version of compensator. The design was changed for the 08 model I think, but either way, the new one won't fit the older TC88.
 
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Old Nov 10, 2012 | 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by EasternSP
Mine is an 06 Road Glide. They use the older version of compensator. The design was changed for the 08 model I think, but either way, the new one won't fit the older TC88.

yep I agree I think the 88in was different... I was just offering up a good part to get you going,, I have 2 stock sets 1 off my 08 softail & 1 0ff my 09 touring... not sure what I'll do with em... collect more pars & weld them together to make some shop art I guess...
 
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Originally Posted by Eric Moore
yep I agree I think the 88in was different... I was just offering up a good part to get you going,, I have 2 stock sets 1 off my 08 softail & 1 0ff my 09 touring... not sure what I'll do with em... collect more pars & weld them together to make some shop art I guess...
Thanks for the offer though.
 
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