The Evo compensator is different from the current ones.

 

While in neutral with clutch out bike running you will hear a scraping noise that will go away when you engage the clutch or put the bike in gear. The inner IPB race on mine was pitted real bad.

 

I'm certainly no chemical engineer nor am I an engineer of any sort. But I am a long time owner of Harleys. I would tend to think the problem was more an issue with poor bearings before I was ready to tar and feather the synthetic and dino lubricants. Most riders who put a lot of miles on their bikes (20k and up per year) know that the last few years we have been plagued with external bearings (wheels etc,) as well as internal engine bearings which fail all too soon. The last few years the engineering boys at Harley have been doing a lot of things on the cheap just to save money on manufacturing. When you build something on the cheap it will eventually start to show up. The trouble with that scenario is that for many part time riders it will not blow until 24 months have passed and then you know who pays for it. I might be all wet but I am leaning toward faulty and cheap bearings before I suspect a lubrication problem. If it were not for the fact that I had three bearings fail in the first twenty months of ownership, I might think differently. The last one was the front wheel bearing at 33,000 miles.

 

Why are the compensators going bad only on the touring models? Why not the softail or dyna's? Why does the moco put screamin eagle compensators in the 2011 touring models only and not softail or dyna's?
Gary D.

 

Thanks for that mate. I dont have the those symptoms so I've got another issue somewhere at 24,000 km's