Remove factory shifter
Road Warrior
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RE: Remove factory shifter
Use a source of heat on the area around the bolt. Use a heat gun, hair dryer or somthing like that. It should not take a lot. It will help by expanding the area around the bolt slightly & act to loosen the loctite that is applied when installed from factory.
Hope this helps,
Mike
Hope this helps,
Mike
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Cruiser
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From: Dorchester, Ont, Canada
RE: Remove factory shifter
heated a little, not enough felt like the rubber was twisting, broke bolt, heated other more came off but tight.
guess i'm taking the broke one to work tommorow drill and extract, at least it is not cross threaded. (I hope)
guess i'm taking the broke one to work tommorow drill and extract, at least it is not cross threaded. (I hope)
Road Captain
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From: Syracuse, NY
RE: Remove factory shifter
I took them right off the bike. Then, I wrapped them in a cloth and put them in a vise on my bench. Then turned the metal part by hand and viola! Easy as pie!!
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Road Warrior
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From: Bealeton, VA
RE: Remove factory shifter
Fatbernie's method sounds the best to me......not the way I did it, but probably be the easiest way about it.....
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RE: Remove factory shifter
My husband did mine on my Sportster and now my Deluxe. The Sporty was easy. On the Deluxe he ran into trouble with one of the pegs. Both times he used a knife to cut off part of the rubber in order to get a good grip with a vice grip. Otherwise the rubber just kept turning around. Ended up breaking off one of them and he had to drill out the bolt. Eventually, it all worked out. 
As a matter of fact, he just did that two days ago! Wished this post would have been here then!
As a matter of fact, he just did that two days ago! Wished this post would have been here then!
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