Shifters Not Tightening
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Shifters Not Tightening
So I recently had my shifters powder coated black. I have them tightened as much as I can and they still aren’t completely tightened down. Anyone else have this problem? How did you fix it? I assume the powder is keeping them from compressing all the way down. Just not sure what needs sanded down for sure.
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The shifter peg and shaft are splined. You'll have to get the paint out of every one of the grooves on the peg with a small sharp instrument. Tape up the peg so you don't scratch it. Hopefully the paint is not on all the splines or very far down the grooves.
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My Indie recommends on older shifters to get a Dremmel and take a few mm out of the 'slot' where the pinch bolt goes through. Doing that gives it a tight cinch onto the shift peg. If your was powder coated, it may be adding a little thickness in there and not allowing it to properly tighten. I did this to my old shift arm, as it slightly stripped on a ride, and it worked fine until I finally replaced it just a few weeks ago
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My Indie recommends on older shifters to get a Dremmel and take a few mm out of the 'slot' where the pinch bolt goes through. Doing that gives it a tight cinch onto the shift peg. If your was powder coated, it may be adding a little thickness in there and not allowing it to properly tighten. I did this to my old shift arm, as it slightly stripped on a ride, and it worked fine until I finally replaced it just a few weeks ago
That may be the ticket. I will check that and the splines. Thanks guys.
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From: Murphy Nc
Bought a Dyna 2 yrs ago, owner had let the shifter lever stay loose. Stripped it out just enough it would not clamp. Chewed on shaft a little too. The dreaded one behind the primary. Found a product called the "Better Lever" it's a replacement that instead having a pinch bolt it has a u shaped clamp that bolts on both sides. And has "Teeth" to lock down. No need to remove primary, just dremel old one off and it bolts on. Been 2 years. And still no problems
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