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Old 11-02-2015 | 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by soft 02
You are good. SE comp stock on 09+ I think. This kit just changes the sprocket. One complaint about the game changer is they cast the part # on the face on the mating surface of the spokes. Easily sanded off.
The instructions for The Game Changer are available on line, and I found and read them. Apparently, some HD models did not get the Screamin' Eagle version of the compensator until the 2011 model year, because the instrucitons say that if your bike is 2011 or newer, you're good to go.

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Old 11-02-2015 | 09:28 PM
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The photo shows the "piggyback" tensioner piece very nicely. The instructitons warn you that once you orce that piggyback tensioner piece onto the factory tensioner, you cannot remove it without destroying the factory tensioner. So, make SURE you want to do this beforehand!

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Old 11-03-2015 | 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by JimGnitecki
The instructions for The Game Changer are available on line, and I found and read them. Apparently, some HD models did not get the Screamin' Eagle version of the compensator until the 2011 model year, because the instrucitons say that if your bike is 2011 or newer, you're good to go.

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Originally Posted by JimGnitecki
The photo shows the "piggyback" tensioner piece very nicely. The instructitons warn you that once you orce that piggyback tensioner piece onto the factory tensioner, you cannot remove it without destroying the factory tensioner. So, make SURE you want to do this beforehand!

Jim G
I came across those instructions when I started researching this after I read this thread. They show a guy installing the adjuster shoe with his foot.

I wasn't real clear if the 11 and up bikes were built with an updated compensator or actually had the same part they are selling through the SE catalog.

Thanks guys
 
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Old 11-03-2015 | 09:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Fat11Lo
I came across those instructions . . . They show a guy installing the adjuster shoe with his foot.

Thanks guys
Yes, apparently it takes a LOT of force to click the adjustor shoe into position. This is also apparently why the installation is "irrevocable".

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Old 11-03-2015 | 09:22 PM
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Except for a couple pages in the middle, arguing over dyno numbers/affects, this has some posts from guys with the primo game changer installed.....


http://harleytechtalk.org/htt/index....c,84784.0.html
 
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Old 11-04-2015 | 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by hattitude
Except for a couple pages in the middle, arguing over dyno numbers/affects, this has some posts from guys with the primo game changer installed.....


http://harleytechtalk.org/htt/index....c,84784.0.html
Good information, thanks
 
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Old 11-04-2015 | 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by hattitude
Except for a couple pages in the middle, arguing over dyno numbers/affects, this has some posts from guys with the primo game changer installed.....


http://harleytechtalk.org/htt/index....c,84784.0.html
Thanks! I read the entire thread. Note the concerns expressed about the cast lettering on the cam side of the spokes that apparently does wear the comp cam, and was apparently acknowledged by The Game Changer's manufacturer as a valid criticism.

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Old 11-04-2015 | 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by JimGnitecki
Thanks! I read the entire thread. Note the concerns expressed about the cast lettering on the cam side of the spokes that apparently does wear the comp cam, and was apparently acknowledged by The Game Changer's manufacturer as a valid criticism.

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Yeah, I found that to be refreshing..... Rivera Primo appears to give a damn...

I'm pretty close to getting one of these for my bagger.... I'm sure I will eventually, it's just in line with a bunch of stuff I'd like to get...
 
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Old 11-07-2015 | 09:17 AM
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Part numbers: P/N 1066-0050 – 2007-2013 Big Twins, P/N 1066-0051 – 2014 & Later Big Twins


Came across this last night

http://www.ebay.com/itm/231743333849...3D351423126014

I ordered one, then I started checking part numbers Ronnie's Microfiche has my 2011 Fat Boy Lo (FLSTFB) with the part number 40296-06A

http://partsfinder.onlinemicrofiche....ND%20SPROCKETS

The SE compensator on Harley's website is listed as 40100061, but it looks like this assembly comes with a rotor too

http://www.harley-davidson.com/store...PAC+PDP+Bottom

They look to be of the same design, if the pictures are close to being accurate, and I'm thinking the part number differences are due to the SE assembly includes the rotor while the stock part number is just the compensator.
 
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