hogrotten
Junior Member
First, as others have stated, get the factory Service Manual for your bike and follow the directions to the letter.
I also thought I was going to need an air wrench to get my compensator nut off but I accomplished the task with the HD primary locking tool, a medium amount of heat, and a LONG breaker bar using continuous pressure from the legs and lower back for oomph instead of sharp blows like an air wrench would deliver.
In my service manual, it instructs you to zip tie the primary chain tensioner in the fully compressed position before removing it. Says nothing about actually zip tying it to the chain itself.
Hope this helps!
He has a 91 model, no automatic adjuster!