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[HarleyJeffOregon]

Just want to say thank you for the information on this site. My bike started not wanting to start about four months ago. I searched this site for others that have had the same issue. It led me to the Compensator. I took that info to my dealer and asked them to check it out. They just looked the other way for three months. I printed out and copied the info for them and they still would not even look at my bike. I kept taking videos of the problem and e mailing them to the service mgr. Nothing. They told me that there is no way that could cause that problem. I finally sent a msg to one of the owners asking them to please tell me where I could find someone that would work on my bike under the esp. finally I got a reply asking to bring the bike in and let them look at it. Behold they had to call me and tell me that there was only 2 splines keeping it in place and it was jumping on the spline, which would tell the computer that the bike was out of time and would not fire until you shut the ignition off and re try. it would start on the second try. My bike is a 2010 and has 62,700 miles on it. I have well used my extended warranty but it is like pulling TEETH to get anything done with it. After riding it knocking and rattling for 10,000 plus miles its finally right again. Thanks again!!!!!

[muddypaws]

Just got mine put in last week. Bike sounds much better.

[lilcoot]

You got 62,000 miles out of a compensator???  You won the lottery, my friend!

[knothead]

Replaced mine at 18, 37 and now at 55,000 miles....think there's a problem ??

[muddypaws]

Mine went to just under 65,000....My 2009 had several..

[kiro]

Its a poor situation when you have to direct the service department 'experts' as to what they have to do to get your bike up and running properly HarleyJeff. They haven't dealt with previous compensator failures? - unlikely. The forum really is a great resource for researching/learning about these issues. Glad you finally got it sorted out.

[BigLew]

I hope youre luky enough not to have pieces of it elsewhere in the engine (oil).

BigLew

[08glide]

i'm with you lew. I'ld want to know where the rest of my comp is. drop the oil pan & clean it all out. I guess they (dealership) was waiting for it to give up & destroy the motor.

[1BdBagr]

i'm with you lew. I'ld want to know where the rest of my comp is. drop the oil pan & clean it all out. I guess they (dealership) was waiting for it to give up & destroy the motor.

Isn't the compensator in the primary? How could debris from in the primary destroy the engine? I could see the splines on the crank getting wasted and wrecking that, but it isn't a common oil pan for the primary.
Tim

[FlaHeatWave]

Isn't the compensator in the primary? How could debris from in the primary destroy the engine? I could see the splines on the crank getting wasted and wrecking that, but it isn't a common oil pan for the primary.
Tim