My original Harley compensator starting making hideous music at idle and low speed. Drove it home, noticing that the noise seemed worse at every low rpm opportunity. Someone here mentioned a unit by Belt Drives, Ltd. I asked them if their CS-25A-1 could survive without grease or an oil fog environment. Scott, of Belt Drives, opined "The Nylatron washers do hold up, we use the same material for a friction plate used on the early clutch hubs and there is no oil with this product and it has been in use for over 25 years Plastics are oil based so they do last"
So, I'm thinking "a compensator that fits in the original housing and doesn't need grease?" Dare I hope? Of course a number of fitment issues might arise, a suspected one being that the compensator nut, U120027, might need to be shortened, as the Belt Drives unit doesn't have a spring, nor a spring housing. I'm willing to give it a shot. My M3W went 13K miles before the Harley unit failed. If the Belt Drives unit goes that far without my having to try to find the damned grease fitting every thousand miles, I'm ahead of the game. If only the compensator just sat under a primary case cover like on the bikes, eh?
BDL compensator installation
