stuck in gear
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From: se ohio
well the only thing that i could find wrong was one of the cam follower springs was broke,replaced all 5 springs in the shifter mechanisim, put a set of new rollers bearings on the detent and went ahead and put a new cam follower in , changed both shifter bushings ( we have a couple of old independent bike shops locally that keep allot of old ironhead parts on the shelf) put her back together and it works perfect! i was all paranoid about the bearings on the right side but the bearings never moved looks like they were in a race so they could not fall out, still put grease on the just to make sure , thanks all
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Joined: Jun 2009
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From: San Diego/Tj mexico
well the only thing that i could find wrong was one of the cam follower springs was broke,replaced all 5 springs in the shifter mechanisim, put a set of new rollers bearings on the detent and went ahead and put a new cam follower in , changed both shifter bushings ( we have a couple of old independent bike shops locally that keep allot of old ironhead parts on the shelf) put her back together and it works perfect! i was all paranoid about the bearings on the right side but the bearings never moved looks like they were in a race so they could not fall out, still put grease on the just to make sure , thanks all
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Joined: Jun 2011
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From: toronto
Stuck in gear issue ends up being brain was stuck in gear
rode home Saturday no problems but I had a bad rattle on my heel shifter. I took it out and tightened it back nice. I set up a ride with my buddies for Sunday and invited my wife too... Sunday early morning I go out to start and prepare for ride and bike was stuck in gear... I couldnt figure it out so I told my buddies and wife the bike is not able to ride that day. I could not see wtf was wrong. Rechecked it Tuesday and still stuck in gear. Went to check Thursday after work and I realized I was instead of dropping it into 1st like an intelligent person would do, I had some fricken brain fart and was pushing it into 6th more and more thinking I was pushing it into 1st I was doing it all backwards.... this embarrassing moment will go down in history. I look st it this way peg ape something was trying to keep me home that day... I obviously wasnt all there so best thing I stayed home. Unbelievable coming from a seasoned rider too... WTF ANYONE ELSE HAVE CRAZY BLOOPERS LIKE THAT???
3rd Gear
Joined: Mar 2020
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From: Western NYS
Old thread, but there's not a lot of new Ironhead posts...So...I had a brain fade yesterday...Put battery in to turn engine over, twisted ignition key and nothing happened...Tried it several times and finally remembered I had to push the handlebar switch as well... 
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