Touring Models Road King, Road King Custom, Road King Classic, Road Glide, Street Glide, Electra Glide, Electra Glide Classic, and Electra Glide Ultra Classic bikes.
Sponsored by:
Sponsored by:

Compensator Gone

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old May 9, 2014 | 10:45 PM
  #11  
customsoftail200's Avatar
customsoftail200
Road Master
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,200
Likes: 3
From: Simpsonville, SC
Default

Originally Posted by lp
Anyone notice any extra vibration in the footboards after your comp went bad?

I have a ton of drive line slack and huge vibration around 2200 rpm and idle/start off. Trying to figure out if the comp could be my problem before opening it all up.

Clutch feels good, no vibration there.

lp
Did you figure out your vibration? Mine has developed a bad floor board vibration also. I have the BDL comp in mine, so I'm assuming it's not that.
 
Reply
Old May 9, 2014 | 11:43 PM
  #12  
texaswiz's Avatar
texaswiz
Banned
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 1,036
Likes: 67
Default

Originally Posted by lp
Anyone notice any extra vibration in the footboards after your comp went bad?

I have a ton of drive line slack and huge vibration around 2200 rpm and idle/start off. Trying to figure out if the comp could be my problem before opening it all up.

Clutch feels good, no vibration there.

lp
I know that my 09 also has a lot of driveline slack. When I replaced a bearing on the final drive shaft, I was amazed at how much slop there was. I called one of the Harley mechanics and described it to him. He say "ya, there is a lot of slack in there...that is pretty much normal".
 
Reply
Old May 10, 2014 | 06:59 AM
  #13  
lp's Avatar
lp
Seasoned HDF Member
20 Year Member
Liked
Loved
Community Favorite
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 11,460
Likes: 2,988
From: Charleston, SC
Default

Originally Posted by customsoftail200
Did you figure out your vibration? Mine has developed a bad floor board vibration also. I have the BDL comp in mine, so I'm assuming it's not that.
Not yet, but I'm about to tear into it. I'm not sold it's the comp because it doesn't seem to make any noise other than the normal startup bang which it's been doing since day one.

Originally Posted by texaswiz
I know that my 09 also has a lot of driveline slack. When I replaced a bearing on the final drive shaft, I was amazed at how much slop there was. I called one of the Harley mechanics and described it to him. He say "ya, there is a lot of slack in there...that is pretty much normal".
I hear ya. I was lucky to have owned a 10' for 35k miles and it didn't have the driveline slack this one just started demonstrating.
This one feels like, you know, a loose chain or something. Gas it, big pause, big bump then goes.
Then there is this vibration that is all over the place really. Bad at 2200-2500 rpm mostly. The engine is jumping around in the frame like it does at idle but at speed.

I've read a lot about vibration and comps over the last few days.
What I basically get about the vibration is that it could be exhaust touching the frame, a bad tune, something in the primary, crank runout, intake leak, spark, gas, air, or the presidents fault.
All over the place...

So today I'm going to start tearing into stuff and eliminating junk. Good times.

lp
 

Last edited by lp; May 10, 2014 at 07:03 AM.
Reply
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
maddghost
Ignition/Tuner/ECM/Fuel Injection
7
Aug 8, 2012 10:23 AM
maddghost
Dyna Glide Models
2
Aug 6, 2012 09:01 PM
dhog
Touring Models
6
Jun 2, 2012 06:35 AM
Reaper22
Touring Models
3
Jul 6, 2011 07:43 AM
Navy Mustang
Touring Models
10
Feb 12, 2011 10:26 AM




All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:45 AM.