How much torque do you put on a compensator nut?
Get a buddy to help stabilize the bike and then stand on the end of the cheater to put your weight x the length of the cheater/breaker bar to the compensator nut. If you weigh 150# and your breaker bar/cheater is 3 feet, you are applying about 450 ft-lbs. of torque to the compensator nut.
Where to put the compensator nut on a Harley Davidson?
Click to expand… As Breeze says, set your socket/breaker bar/cheater so that it is to the front of the bike. Get a buddy to help stabilize the bike and then stand on the end of the cheater to put your weight x the length of the cheater/breaker bar to the compensator nut.
Can a compensator be removed from a sprocket shaft?
After the bolt is removed, remove the rest of the compensator assembly. None of the assembly will be reused. The next important step is cleaning the sprocket shaft threads.
How big of a breaker bar do you need to remove compensator nut?
If you weigh 150# and your breaker bar/cheater is 3 feet, you are applying about 450 ft-lbs. of torque to the compensator nut. A slight amount of “bouncing” on the end of the cheater should get ‘er done!
Why did I lose the nut on my compensator?
Weekend project… Just finished the retorque on the compensator nut. ShakyJake was right, lost a nut tightening the bugger. Shouldn’t come off now. It was not loose to begin with, I just wanted to make sure it was good to go and not going to leave me on the side of the road.
Get a buddy to help stabilize the bike and then stand on the end of the cheater to put your weight x the length of the cheater/breaker bar to the compensator nut. If you weigh 150# and your breaker bar/cheater is 3 feet, you are applying about 450 ft-lbs. of torque to the compensator nut.
Click to expand… As Breeze says, set your socket/breaker bar/cheater so that it is to the front of the bike. Get a buddy to help stabilize the bike and then stand on the end of the cheater to put your weight x the length of the cheater/breaker bar to the compensator nut.
If you weigh 150# and your breaker bar/cheater is 3 feet, you are applying about 450 ft-lbs. of torque to the compensator nut. A slight amount of “bouncing” on the end of the cheater should get ‘er done!