Is there a documented compensator failure? Getting noisy yes but failure?
I know many have failed and been replaced, but what does fail mean?
I thought this before, but never thought to say anything.
The way the Harley style compensator is made, even if the spring pack goes south, the ramps should never pass each other and in theory never stop supplying power to the drive system.
But I can see when they get TOO loose that the rattles and torque pulses would be so bad that I too would probably not want to drive the car. But in a pinch it should "never" let one down. If I had 20 or 50 miles to get back home, I would probably drive it home. If I were further away, I may be temped to trailer it back.
The compensator is a problem that usually happens gradually and is not usually a catastrophic failure. I know guys with Harleys that have ridden for months with bad compensators just because they didn't have the money to fix it right away.
I should have waited for others here with first hand issues with their compensators, but I could not stop my fingers from running wild on the keyboard...
