Dropped 2012 Fatoby Lo :-(
Road Warrior
Joined: Mar 2008
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From: Montclair, CA.
Also check the Classified forum here on HD forums. Found our Lindy Linbar crash guard and saddle bag guards for our '12 Heritage there.
I removed the rear shift lever on our '12 Heritage and had to make a spacer to fill in the gap between the forward shift lever and the engine case, no I did not want to slide the forward lever over towards the case exposing more of the shifter input shaft, by using some round steel tubing I had laying around the man cave I just cut it to length and painted Black.
To remove the shift lever you will need an Allen wrench, if I remember right if not a Torx bit, to loosen the retaining pinch bolt. Once it is loose you might have to pry open the shift lever around the shifter input shaft with a screw driver or equivalent, in the slot where the pinch bolt went through, and slide the forward shift arm off, after marking its alignment on the input shaft, then do the same on the rear shift arm. After that you just need to slide the forward shift arm onto the shifter input shaft, after making a spacer if you want one, making sure it is lined up with the alignment marks made earlier.
Hope this helps.
I removed the rear shift lever on our '12 Heritage and had to make a spacer to fill in the gap between the forward shift lever and the engine case, no I did not want to slide the forward lever over towards the case exposing more of the shifter input shaft, by using some round steel tubing I had laying around the man cave I just cut it to length and painted Black.
To remove the shift lever you will need an Allen wrench, if I remember right if not a Torx bit, to loosen the retaining pinch bolt. Once it is loose you might have to pry open the shift lever around the shifter input shaft with a screw driver or equivalent, in the slot where the pinch bolt went through, and slide the forward shift arm off, after marking its alignment on the input shaft, then do the same on the rear shift arm. After that you just need to slide the forward shift arm onto the shifter input shaft, after making a spacer if you want one, making sure it is lined up with the alignment marks made earlier.
Hope this helps.
Road Warrior
Joined: Mar 2008
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From: Montclair, CA.
Yep, that would do it.
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Joined: Feb 2011
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From: Central Jersey
same thing almost happened to me.. 3 times, 3 stop lights in a row, the back of my jeans got wrapped around my heel shifter and almost made me drop the bike each time. told my buddy i was riding with to pull the f over, give me an allen wrench, and i took the heel shifter off right there on the side of the road..haven't looked back since.
Tourer
Joined: Sep 2012
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From: wisconsin
first thing the dealership did for me after signing all the paper work is to remove the heel shifter. it was so unnatural and the space between the front arm and rear didn't allow me to have my foot in a comfortable position. i did get my foot stuck on the test ride a few times before i even bought the bike.
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Joined: Sep 2012
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From: Jacksonville
first thing the dealership did for me after signing all the paper work is to remove the heel shifter. it was so unnatural and the space between the front arm and rear didn't allow me to have my foot in a comfortable position. i did get my foot stuck on the test ride a few times before i even bought the bike.
I saw another post in this thread with "how to remove the heel shifter." Was your removal done the same way? It was a little confusing for me to follow every step. Trying to figure out how to remove.
-Kepper
Cruiser
Joined: Jul 2010
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From: Monticello Indiana
Wish my dealership had offered that! I looked at it and decided it wasn't really something I was going to use, but didn't think of fixing that.
I saw another post in this thread with "how to remove the heel shifter." Was your removal done the same way? It was a little confusing for me to follow every step. Trying to figure out how to remove.
-Kepper
I saw another post in this thread with "how to remove the heel shifter." Was your removal done the same way? It was a little confusing for me to follow every step. Trying to figure out how to remove.
-Kepper
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Joined: Oct 2012
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From: Texas, USA
1. Remove allen bolt
2. Pull off heel shift lever
If that is confusing, are you sure you want to tackle replacing all the damaged parts yourself? You do have a service manual, don't you?
If not, buy one. If so,
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