I didn’t even know this was a common problem until today. Just bought my first 96 engine this afternoon. Thank you for the video. When mine starts to go I feel I will be able to handle it now

I've replaced many compensators and I never had to remove the clutch or inner primary.. The one I did today took less then 90 minutes.

Just watched the video and it’s a good DIY tutorial but the primary takes a T-27 the 25 will work but you’ll likely strip any fasteners that are corroded or over torqued I’ve got a 2006 Dyna Street Bob with the 88 so I’m not 100% sure about the 96 but the way I understand it is that the 2006 model year twin cam 88 Dynas were basically just a 96 with a shorter stroke that was the first year of the 6 speed transmission as well as the automatic primary chain adjuster and hydraulic cam chain tensioners and HD basically used that Dyna 88 and changed the crank to a longer stroke and possibly larger cylinder bore added the 6 speed for the 96 across the board starting in 07 I believe either way I learned that the hard way 90% of the multi piece kits don’t come with T-27’s so naturally after I got my new to me Dyna this summer with no service records or any kind of history I decided to check out a few things including primary oil level the T-25 I had was a hair loose but getting ready for a trip to a family bbq late on a Sunday afternoon and a 45 min. Round trip to the nearest Canadian Tire I just went with it and all was well the oils looked great there were 250 miles on the bike from the trip home and 40K Miles on the bike I expected to see dark if not black oil but it was still clear I had assumed the seller had did the oil change b4 posting it for sale but after 3.5 hours on the highway in heavy fog trying to get home b4 midnight I had figured if it was fresh oil that it would show up by the time I got home to my surprise it’s still clear after 1000miles not KMs so although there’s a couple of little gremlins I need to deal with and some more looking around to get an idea of what has been done to it etc. there’s been at least 4 owners b4 me and it’s an American bike that was imported to Canada it was a killer deal regardless but when I was torquing up the derby cover to the spec I think it’s like 88 inch pounds but don’t quote me I split the difference min/max spec and torqued to the halfway point between them and that’s when I stripped one of the fasteners to the point where after getting a T-27 for the second time I had the cover off with the proper size driver the head was just too damaged and I was almost unable to properly torque it down so the next time I take it off I have to replace it …. The good news is that a lot of the smaller 10 or more Torx bit sets that include a T-27 also include a T-45 which is also not commonly included in the large 2-300 piece kits and is the pinch bolt size for the fork tubes among other things mastercraft has a 9 piece set for 29$ @ your local CT meanwhile they want 9.99$ for a single 3/8 drive T-27 for any Canadian DIYers new to HD twin-cams struggling to find the right bit in their 300 piece mastercraft socket sets and constantly stripping or damaging the heads on their HD fasteners

Great walk through man! Really appreciate you making this video!

Excellent. Thank you for making and sharing this!

I replaced mine last spring but without removing the inner primary case. Also you didn't show gluing in the oil deflector to the outer primary cover.

very helpful video! thank you

Thanks for the helpful video. My M8 fxlr's compensator sprocket was broken at 40K Km and I don't know why it was broken. I was usually using engine braking and didn't have any hard riding all the time. Can you give me an answer for me?

Very helpful video thanks. What was the sign that you needed to change it? I see that's the SE upgrade isn't it? My bike has some trouble restarting when hot like it's 'slipping'. I'm going to open it up to inspect but will likely get the SE version. Thanks

Thanks for the video, i own a stock 96 '' and now at 50,000 miles i'm starting to hear some noise in the primary. Do you torque the SE compensator the same way as the OEM compensator in the service manual or do the new SE compensator come with new instruction ?

What compensator did you replace the stock one?

Thanks man! This was a great refresher

I was told a bad battery will kill a compensator quickly?? I would guess it's true but don't know actually if there is truth behind it.

Check out the Darkhorse compensator. It's far superior to the stock hd crap and the se also. Put this on my ultra and it's far quieter and also serviceable unless the throwaway hd and se garbage.

They recommend Not to use the stair block,get a manual when doing this job!

Where's the oil Slinger? Most dealerships will glue it on for 15 bucks, special glue !

I can buy a entire engine for the cost of this repairs 120 a hour is what i was charged. For simple work my bike needed oil and filter 4000 grand not even oil or filter 3 months to put a tank liner and fuel pump ..paint the primary cover that sucks its like brillo pad paint cant wash it clean it 800 dollars..

Som say you need to loose the starter bolts , push it back and then take out the inner primery. On my softail it would be a hell of a job. Bu I see now its totally unnessery to pull back the starter.