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Comment on Noisy 2008 Dyna Primary by Rick

Rick — Sat, 05 May 2012 15:51:57 +0000

Well, not a whole lot, Jarrod. I’ll tell you what I know.

I learned that there have been a few automatic tensioner changes made since the introduction. My parts manual showed 39929-06A (tensioner). Because of the possible bottom plate wear I mentioned in the post (second image) I picked up a replacement part. The replacement the dealer handed me – and I didn’t check the number at the counter – 40063-05B – was called a ‘kit’

Changing the tensioner was a fast and easy task. To my eye the replacement was identical to the one I pulled out. I read somewhere that the change that brought the number update was to the spring. And the wear I thought I saw? Once the oil was wiped from the bottom plate it looked just as good as the new one. The plastic guide was also in excellent shape.

I’ve been a ‘Syn3 in all holes’ guy for a long time, and it’s never been a problem. In my early May interval service on the Dyna, though, I changed the transmission and primary lube back to Formula+. When I changed the tensioner I stuck with Formula+ on the refill.

The result? It’s definitely quieter now but the noise is still there. You’ve got to really listen hard for it and the conditions have to be just right: very warmed up, very low speed (under 10-15 MPH), no-throttle deceleration. Very faint but it’s still there.

I’ve also read that the source could be the compensating sprocket. I gave it a good visual inspection and put the torque wrench on it (it was to spec) while I was in there. It’s a good idea to do that any time you’ve got the primary open.

I talked to the tech afterward and he seemed to feel that it was normal, no big deal. I’m inclined to agree. That said, a primary failure can go very badly so anything odd definitely calls for investigation.

Hope that helps!

Comment on Noisy 2008 Dyna Primary by jarrod

jarrod — Fri, 04 May 2012 17:53:23 +0000

Been hearing questionable noise from my 08 primary as well. What ever came of this tensioner discussion at the dealer?

Comment on Hailey’s Harp and Pub by haileys pub

haileys pub — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:07:01 +0000

we are doing another whiskey tasting on 2/7/2012

Comment on Supercharging the Stratocaster by Guitar Addition | Lomcevak

Guitar Addition | Lomcevak — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:59:34 +0000

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Comment on iPad by King Vicioso

King Vicioso — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:54:31 +0000

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Comment on iPad by Will

Will — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:26:54 +0000

Some thoughts since I got an iPhone:
- Nobody creates content on an idevice, just reads others (created on high end pc’s w/Adobe S/W)
- How serious a device can it be if you have to always devote one hand to holding it. One handed typing sucks
- I have to go thru 3 shift routines to enter my psw – try that with one hand! not condusive to tight security.

i-i-i-i-i-i!

Comment on iPad by CyberSchnook

CyberSchnook — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:28:49 +0000

iAgee, since I’m allergic to iEverything since the Apple IIe, which I never owned. Amiga was OK, but it transformed, more or less, into the Mac.

iWish I still had my Atari ST-1040.

Comment on On Harley-Davidson by CyberSchnook

CyberSchnook — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:19:44 +0000

Amen!

Comment on Guitar Addition by CyberSchnook

CyberSchnook — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:27:21 +0000

Let’s hear it for Les Paul, P90′s and SUNBURST (my favorite color scheme)! Oh, and go, Damian, go!

Comment on Roxy & Dukes Roadhouse by Pam

Pam — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:08:26 +0000

This was the first time I went to Roxy & Dukes and I didn’t know what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised. The club was small and intimate plus the way the room was set-up for viewing the stage acts was perfect. We will most definitely go back. Some others pluses were it’s biker friendly and the bathrooms (no, I didn’t…I asked about the men’s room DUH!) were very clean.

Comment on Diet – Phase One by CyberSchnook

CyberSchnook — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:06:51 +0000

I’ll see your fart storm and raise you a FART STORM! :-)

I should go to Home Depot and get a HAZMAT respirator just to save the top of me from the bottom of me!

Comment on Laptop Batteries by CyberSchnook

CyberSchnook — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 01:59:18 +0000

Did all that through two deep cycles. Now the box is here with me, unplugged, battery-less and off, and the battery is in a file cabinet drawer. Both the battery connector (female) and laptop connector (male) are covered with electrical tape. The former mostly to keep dust and dirt out; the latter not to zap my lap!

Comment on Trouble Report Results in Process Improvement by CyberSchnook

CyberSchnook — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:40:09 +0000

If you’re looking for guitar stuff, Sweetwater.com gives you a personal Sales Engineer who, as I put it, takes care of you like a baby in a cradle.

After getting two DOA Buddha Bud-wah’s from another online music store, they told me it was against policy to open factory boxes. I told them I wasn’t about to RMA their entire warehouse, so they broke policy! The warehouse manager and a tech went in there, started opening boxes, and found their entire inventory of Bud-wah’s was bad — either the pre-fix model, or the post-fix model but none worked anyway. I got my refund like that.

Some places do care, but they tend to be rare.

Comment on Spamalytics by CyberSchnook

CyberSchnook — Tue, 31 May 2011 15:31:56 +0000

I’m having similar “fun” — expected, of course, when I responded to a “get a free … participation required” ad. Fortunately, most of my participation involved online colleges, and having already enrolled in out outside of this program, they’re easy to get off the phone. “Oh, let me save you some time — I already enrolled in another online college.”

For the rest, I’ve taken a two-pronged defense — first I do the normally ill-advised opt-out, then do a spam-report “lite” via Gmail’s Spam folder. For a minority of spam I can’t recognize as connected to this order, I report them through SpamCop.

And the ol’ Nigeria 419 (hope I remembered the number right) scam seems to be alive and well again. This time, apparently half the UK, the FBI and IRS have moved to China to offer me money! And the IRS quotes sections and subsections of the “constitution,” which can’t be the U.S. Constitution, since it contains no such sections.

Fortunately for me, you can’t BS a BS-er! :-)

Oh, that free offer? The only thing that HASN’T shown up is my free iWhachacallit.

Comment on Storage: the plex is missing by Rick

Rick — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:49:25 +0000

I like your last ditch thoughts, Mister Schnookeroonie. Except I was thinking more along the lines of introducing it to my sixty-year-old drill press. Truth be told, I’ve got a small collection of stuff waiting for that fate. Why not add this?

But I’m wondering whether one of those boot-from-this-and-wipe-all-attached-drives programs will do it. The drive’s new enough that it has the self-destruction algorithms onboard. If it’s good enough for the government, it’s good enough for… Hmmm, was I really about to say that??