hello,

does anyone know if the toe shifter can be rotated down on the shaft that shifts gears? the problem i am having is that i must lift my whole leg up to down shift and my left hip is just not what it use to be. the heal shifter is okay to up shift it is only the toe shifter. if it can be rotated forward and down i will then not have to lift my leg off the floor board.

thanks,
david
socal

 

The shift lever is mounted on a splined shaft. You just remove the allen bolt that clamps it on and pull it out, then rotate it down one spline at a time until you like where it is. Then, reinstall the allen bolt and you are good to go. I have done this on many bikes and my wife's trike.

 

hey pork,

this is good news as i really need to move the shifter. thanks for the info and i will do it today.

david
socal

 

Some of us do not use the heel shifter.I am one of those.What I did when adjusting toe shifter was to turn the heel shifter peg into the motor and set it on the spline so it gave me more room on the floorboards.

 

They make a chrome cover to replace the heal shifter. I have one on mine, because I dont use it either.

 

My front shifter was factory set too high & when I made the adjustment I found out that moving it just one spline made it almost too low.
I don't like to use the heel shifter either so I put on the folding heel shifter (33876-07).
GPM

 

Rather than buy the chrome cover I reversed the peg direction and kept it on the bike.The pegs can break and the spline also wears.If that happens I will have a replacement on the bike.

 

When you rotate the shift lever on the spline it makes large adjustments. Fine tune this by extending or shortning the shifter rod linkage.

 

Be carefull when doing this as you are also adjusting the gear engagement in the tranmission.

 

I can't see how this changes the gear engagement unless you adjust it so far that it hit the floor board befor completing the shift.