It Permits the Manual Adjustment of the Primary Chain Tension and Locks it in Place. Ideal for bikes equipped with big-displacement, high-performance (100-plus horsepower) engines.
This anodized billet aluminum tension adjuster is a direct replacement for the Original Equipment automatic adjuster.
It permits fine-tuning of the primary chain freeplay and locks the chain tension in place to prevent the chain from adjusting during severe shifting. The kit includes required mounting hardware and fits 2006-later Dyna® and 2007-later Softail® and Touring models.
Installation requires the separate purchase of model-specific primary gaskets and seals. $149.95 Screaming Eagle® Manual Primary Chain Tension Adjuster (P/N 36500020. For more information, visit Harley-Davidson’s Website.
Oh, look…something “new”..I guess it’s better than sliding the trans. back and forth in the frame. Wait a second…didn’t I have one of these on all my aluminum primary bikes, starting in like 1965????
As the guy riding a Yamaha,Victory or new Indian revs his bike up,drops the clutch and smokes the tire leaving his girlfriends house.Without a care in the world.
Or a any tools in his jacket.
Didn’t Baker come out with this over a year ago? Good old HD copying the aftermarket world again..
no thanks I’ll stick with Bakers
Great marketing. Build a defect into a product and sell a solution.
With respect Mike, the stock H-D tensioner is fine for stock bikes. It is when the engine gets hotted up and puts out significantly more power than it leaves the factory with that this type of tensioner becomes worthwhile. And yes, Baker Drivetrain came out with it first, at a time when Harley-Davidson was denying the need for such a modification. I think they copied it just after copying Brian Klock’s Flare windshield.
I Have The Baker Unit in my 2009 FLHT and it has been working great.
Doc, I beg your pardon. It is my recollection that this specific problem has been built into the twin cam motor. I recall having the problem in 2003. I would hardly think that SE mufflers, K&N air cleaner, and the factory chip upgrade was “hotting up” that bike.
This just proves that there heavily sprung stock adjuster is flawed.
Put one on.
Racket emits from primary side.
Took back apart.
New primary chain.
Verify all clearances.
Put back together.
Racket still emits from primary side.
Took back apart.
Put stock adjuster back on.
Racket gone.
Low mileage part for sale cheap.
Hard to sell when you expain racket.
$150.00 shot to hell.
Hey Smegma, you have to adjust it. 🙂
H-D “upgrade” definition : making things work like they should have when the left the factory.At an extra cost.
Every other motorcycle maker on Earth’s definition of “upgrade” : Making bikes better than last year,often at no extra cost.
Here we go again. More HD bashing and more shilling for victory/indian.
ZZZZZZZ.