How it all turned out

Well, I would like to say it all turned out peachy.... but that is not the case. As I stated previously, this whole situation was odd.
So... the mainshaft was damaged and that ran me another $600. The bike is in storage now, I guess we shall see what the results are in the spring.

Here are pictures of the parts that were replaced, including the sprocket work I requested and the mainshaft work that was necessary.

As you can see in the last picture, the groove worn in the mainshaft was the real damage.

The Service Manager (Shane) at Southampton Harley told me the new parts with bearings are using a better quality bearing, and this should not happen again... I hope he is right. He did not think that the primary chain tensioner needed replacement, and that it was probably poor quality bearings not the tensioner that caused all this.
In the end, I have yet another bill to pay which I am not happy about.

I was, however, able to get another exhaust header pipe for free from the takeoff pile. It had the chrome exhaust shield by the catalytic converter, and mine is a little messed up there. Yiiipppeeeeee.

Wrapping up

Well, it is the first threat of real snow, and the bike has been picked up for storage.
Of course, once it gets to the dealership, they call saying they serviced the bike and feel that the noise from the primary needs to be addressed..... the same noise they told me 2 months ago was normal. I guess not so much.

Well, in the short version, I work out a deal with them to replace the main shaft bearing, seals gaskets, etc as well as upgrade the compensator sprocket to the latest SE version... all for under $500. I figured this is a good deal. If it had done it on my own I probably would have spent more in parts and specialized tools.

Now, the short version grows ..... I drove to the dealership and applied for the HD Visa card to put the work on, as well as to browse the shop. The service manager calls me into the shop to see the bike with the primary off and to feel the roughness of the main shaft into the transmission. Doesn't feel to bad to me, but they says it seems like a problem growing there and they want to open that up and at least check the bearings in the transmission. So ....  now the bike is having strangers touch its private parts and who knows where it will go from there. I am hopeful for good news, but ....

and this evening, already a half inch of snow and supposedly a lot more coming. I am 2 beers in ...