1) Which address did you use to configure the RSS reader? Was it something along the lines of either of the following?:
(1) " http : // www SITE com /comments/feed "
or
(2) " http : // feeds SITE com /SITEcomment "
The first one should work, unless it gets automatically redirected to the second!
The second might not work because feedburner has its own parameter that control the number of items!
Click here to see how to tweak the parameters at feedburner