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Old May 30, 2013 | 10:12 AM
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New to the forum and wet around the ears when it comes to working on this bike. 08 deluxe, putting samson true duals straight cuts on. Replaced coil bracket and shifter rod. My problem is that that after installing the new shifter rod, it just sits there and rest on top of the primary chain case. If i were to leave it like this, every time I shift, the rod is going to rub on the case. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Couldn't screw it on from the other side cause transmission cover was in the way. Any advice????
 
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Old May 30, 2013 | 10:43 AM
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Need some pictures of the shifter rod installed.. Are you sure it's not backwards?
 
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Need some pictures of the shifter rod installed.. Are you sure it's not back wards?
He does not have enough posts to post any pictures, but yeah it does sound like something is back wards.
 
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Need to adjust the hyms joint.
 
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Old May 30, 2013 | 11:51 AM
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He does not have enough posts to post any pictures, but yeah it does sound like something is back wards.

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Old May 30, 2013 | 11:52 AM
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By adjusting the joint you should be able to correct that. I am running the same on our 07 deluxe and it will be close to the case and should look like this:

 
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Old May 30, 2013 | 05:10 PM
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Thanks a lot soft02 and samson tech for the visual. That's exactly what it looks like but mine is resting. The help should solve the problem.
 
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Thanks a lot soft02 and samson tech for the visual. That's exactly what it looks like but mine is resting. The help should solve the problem.
Your'e welcome.
 
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Thanks a lot soft02 and samson tech for the visual. That's exactly what it looks like but mine is resting. The help should solve the problem.
No problem. Thats why were here.
 
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be patient..that arm sucks to get right. i F-ed around with mine for hours...first hit the primary...fixed....that caused it to hit the pipe....fixed...which caused it to hit the primary, etc etc.. like a sh!tty circular reference.
 
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