Greaseable shifter shaft
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Greaseable shifter shaft
Any using the Pingel #62142($96.95) or V-Twins Manufacturing #21-0580($25.27), Greaseable Shifter Shaft? I am considering this since it is a lot of work taking out the shifter shift to lubricate.
Road Warrior
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From: Northern VA
If you look thru some threads, there are issues with either the splines on the OEM shifter shaft or with the shifters.
They are known to strip and some have replaced the OEM Shifter Shaft with the Pingel you have shown above.
I did and like the added comfort that the Pingel is Stainless Steel and I can grease it without disassembly.
Myron
They are known to strip and some have replaced the OEM Shifter Shaft with the Pingel you have shown above.
I did and like the added comfort that the Pingel is Stainless Steel and I can grease it without disassembly.
Myron
Road Captain
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The earlier models(my 98) had a fitting. Same with the brake pedal. Not sure why they eliminated those. But I will say this, the shaft and levers have done better on my '06 without the fitting in comparison to the 98 with the fitting.
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I added the factory style fitting to my 08 Road King. Since I had grease fittings in a scrounge drawer, it was FREE, just my time to remove the shaft, drill the hole, and the fitting made its own threads. Works great, lasts a long time. The standard problem with the factory levers and shafts is not inferior materials, but sloppy factory assembly. All of my levers were loose on their shafts on the 1000 mile check. I tightened them all and they are still absolutely tight with no further attention. A typical hardware store "L" shaped allen wrench won't get the bolts tight enough. You need a socket wrench style bit driver and a long 3/8 ratchet drive handle to get the needed torque on the bolts. Mine had thread locker on them from the factory so they SEEMED tight even though they weren't.
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Pingel Shift Shaft
I installed it on my bike along with a new shifter rod and heim joints. It shifts so much easier than with the stock setup. It only needs to be greased once a year and the heim joints are stainless steel with teflon seals. I've seen the stock shifter shaft splines strip out and wind up with a toe shifter for the rest of the trip.
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