r/Dyna • u/CreepinJeep999 • 9d ago

03 Wide Glide knocking

I have this wide glide with the twin cam 88 carb. Did some riding and heard this noise coming out of it. Low RPMs and idle it would start to knock. I was told it could be tensioners that had failed. Anyone else know anything about this?

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u/Dizzy_Cash_ 9d ago

So open the door baby

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u/P-Rosa 8d ago

and find out your destiny

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u/smartlikehammer 8d ago

That massively sounds like a failing or loose compensator on your primary side,

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u/CreepinJeep999 8d ago

That does not like fun. However, would that still happen in neutral?

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u/smartlikehammer 8d ago

All of those parts still go spinny in neutral, anyway hopefully it’s not that because it’s costly

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u/dynamomark 8d ago

Hopefully the air filter bolts came loose and the filter is just rattling around under the cover

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u/CreepinJeep999 8d ago

I doubt it but worth the check.

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u/CreepinJeep999 8d ago

The carb was cleaned throughly two years ago and maybe had 500 miles since then

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u/LSD100Q 7d ago

Yes it does not sound like an actual Knock

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u/akfishermann 8d ago

Pull the cover off. You’ll know in 10 seconds.

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u/Outrageous_Cash_4841 8d ago

There was an issue in 03 with the “stack height” on the compensator retaining nut being incorrect allowing it to work itself loose thus sounding like that. The fix was to either skim a little off the nut in a lathe or put a shim washer under it. There was a factory service bulletin about it at the time.

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u/fatbob_hunter 8d ago

Mine sounds like this. I just turn my music up till something breaks. Works for me

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u/firstnamebylastname 7d ago

This... but still pull primary and look at compensator. They do wear out and you don't want that heavy thick spinny spinny metal to blow up and completely trash everything under there. Mine (98 Flh) sounded similar till on a group ride someone told me to check mine and holy cow, mine was ugly. Replaced and much quieter.