What is a Harley compensator eliminator?
The Compensator Eliminator Sprocket eliminates slipping, reduces noise, and improves the starting and starter life of the motorcycle. It reduces spinning weight by 4.8 lbs. and is designed to fit 07-15 Big Twin models and 2006 Dyna.
What does a compensator do on a Harley?
The intention of the compensator is to smooth out the rough pulses that the engine creates under certain load situations (think about when you lug the engine and it bucks back and forth) and prevent them from being transmitted through the drivetrain.
Is the compensator nut reverse thread?
Infidel. The compensator nut is reverse threaded too…
How do you repair a compensating sprocket on a Harley Davidson?
Heat the compensating sprocket nut with a heat gun to loosen the nut. Remove the compensating sprocket nut with a hex socket and a breaker bar. Remove the spacer, sprocket cover, sliding cam and compensating sprocket. Clean and inspect all components for wear. Replace or repair as needed.
How old is a 1987 Harley Davidson FXLR 1340?
Finish is not brilliant, it needs a twice monthly dose of tender loving care to keep the copious quantities of chrome and alloy shiny. Less than three years old, chrome has fallen off the shocks, the exhaust downpipes and the sissy-bar.
What is the Harley Davidson FLH FXR evolution service manual?
1984-1998 Harley-Davidson FLH FLT FXR EVOLUTION service repair manual has easy-to-read text sections with top quality diagrams and instructions, will guide you through fundamentals of maintaining and repairing, step-by-step, to teach you what the factory trained technicians already know by heart.
How do you replace a compensator on a Harley Davidson?
Replace the compensating sprocket, sliding cam, sprocket cover and spacer. Hand tighten the sprocket nut. Tighten the sprocket nut to 75 foot-pounds of torque with a hex socket and a torque wrench. Install two new tower gaskets and a new primary chain case cover gasket. Replace the primary chain case cover.
When did the FXLR low rider come out?
Move forward a decade to 1987 and the FXS became the FXLR Low Rider Custom. Same styling, with new engineering creating a radically different ride. The old 74-incher had given way to the Evolution engine in 1984.
How much does a 1982 FXLR bike cost?
The ad read “1982 FXLR in great shape. 28,000 miles. Being sold by the original owner. Buy it now for $5000.” I bought it now without hesitation. I figured that the bike would be “all there” with bald tires, worn out chains and sprockets and who knows what wrong with the motor/tranny. Oh well, what ever the problems they were mine now!
When did the Harley Davidson FXLR come out?
It was all about the look, as if one of Harley’s own Super Glides had been worked over by a good chopper stylist—which, in effect, it had. And 10 years later the greatly improved second version, the FXLR, came along. Year/Model: 1994 Harley-Davidson FXLR Low Rider Custom; Owner: Terry Bowen, Atascadero, California.
What kind of front end does a HD FXR have?
Rode it for many years safe in the knowledge that hard core clubbers wouldn’t bother stealing a sportster. By the time I traded it in it was full custom in a hardtail with wrap around oil bag, kick starter, magneto and a late model disk brake front end.