Harley Davidson Forums

Touring Models Road King, Road King Custom, Road King Classic, Road Glide, Street Glide, Electra Glide, Electra Glide Classic, and Electra Glide Ultra Classic bikes.
Sponsored by:
Sponsored by:

heel toe shifter

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
  #11  
Old 10-24-2009, 08:48 PM
EricD10563's Avatar
EricD10563
EricD10563 is offline
Outstanding HDF Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Florida
Posts: 2,480
Received 73 Likes on 40 Posts
Default
Mine rattled on the splines and I tightened it twice to specs and still it would start to rattle, third time I put some blue loctite on the splines and reinstalled the shifter and it has not rattled since that was 4-5k miles ago. BTW I learned that from an answer here.
 
Reply Like
  #12  
Old 10-24-2009, 10:40 PM
jberg's Avatar
jberg
jberg is offline
Road Warrior
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Rockland County, NY
Posts: 1,832
Received 36 Likes on 28 Posts
Default
Same as Eric. Loctite on splines worked for me. Also put some on threads of clamp bolts just in case.
 
Reply Like
  #13  
Old 10-25-2009, 01:34 AM
rcpilot_971's Avatar
rcpilot_971
rcpilot_971 is offline
Tourer
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Sacramento area
Posts: 375
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Default
I have tryed to get my rear shifter off twice and that mother is on there
 
Reply Like
  #14  
Old 10-25-2009, 05:47 AM
Heathen's Avatar
Heathen
Heathen is offline
Tourer
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Michigan
Posts: 491
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Default
Soft Brake makes a spacer with a spring inside,This will cure the problem and not emty your wallet.
 
Reply Like
  #15  
Old 10-25-2009, 07:02 AM
Ugly Troll's Avatar
Ugly Troll
Ugly Troll is offline
Road Master
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: western Mass
Posts: 828
Likes: 0
Received 8 Likes on 1 Post
Default
Originally Posted by dawg
How about "wave washer" or "wavy washer" ?
I believe it's called a spring washer
 
Reply Like
  #16  
Old 10-25-2009, 08:28 AM
rapz's Avatar
rapz
rapz is offline
Road Captain
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Mission, Texas
Posts: 629
Likes: 0
Received 3 Likes on 3 Posts
Default
I removed the heal shifter...gives you lots of room to move your feet around on those long rides.
 
Reply Like
  #17  
Old 10-25-2009, 10:53 AM
Tex42's Avatar
Tex42
Tex42 is offline
Cruiser
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Mission, TX
Posts: 144
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Default
My heel shifter fell off on a road trip north of Dallas and the Kan. City HD replaced it under warranty. (2009 Streetglide) I know 2 other guys who's shifters fell off also on new HD's. Pays to check it regularly.
 
Reply Like
  #18  
Old 10-25-2009, 04:55 PM
EGlideKid's Avatar
EGlideKid
EGlideKid is offline
Road Master
Join Date: May 2007
Location: North Central Arkansas
Posts: 938
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default
Originally Posted by FLHP1034ME
My shifter assy more less fell off. The HD stuff just does not last. Probably Chinese. Regardless, I purchased a Pingel shifter shaft from Dennis Kirk. Stainless steel. Comes fitted with a grease zerk. Much better quality than stock. The splines on my toe shifter were shot. But the heel shifter were fine. Flipped that to the toe shifter position. I then purchased an aluminum spacer from Pingel. This allowed the shifter in the outboard most position and the spacer takes up the slack. Lots of room on the floorboard. I like the idea of using a longer through bolt with the lock nut. I will give that a try if'n I need to. However, the Pingel stuff seems to have been the cure for my itinerant shifter assembly. And..the Pingel stuff is made in the good old US of A. None of this MOCO Chinese made crap.
Mine did the same thing. I'm driving along and the toe shifter just falls forward to rest on the floorboard while I was driving. It got to the point where I couldn't get it tight enough to hold snug. The splines inside the original toe shifter and the shifter shaft finally wallowed/flattened out, so I pulled it off and rotated the heel shifter to the toe, bought a Kuryakyn spacer, and mounted the to shifter on the outside position. I prefer driving without the heel shifter anyway... it limits my boot room too much.
I agree... those shifter rods and the shaft are just another example of more MOCO junk. My dealer told me it would be cheaper to replace the shaft myself than pay the $50 deductible on my extended warranty.
 
Reply Like
  #19  
Old 10-26-2009, 01:24 AM
heywood727's Avatar
heywood727
heywood727 is offline
Road Master
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Canada
Posts: 1,048
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Default
Mine was loose and I mentioned it to my tech. I think the book specs 39 ft/lbs??? I let the tech tighten it incase the stud broke. Let him screw with it if he did rather than me. I think he took it to 80 ft/lbs. lol

I like my heal shifter about 1/2" lower. It's a common problem.
 
Reply Like
  #20  
Old 10-27-2009, 02:48 AM
EricD10563's Avatar
EricD10563
EricD10563 is offline
Outstanding HDF Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Florida
Posts: 2,480
Received 73 Likes on 40 Posts
Default
Before you tighen the thing to some crazy foot pounds try Blue Loctite on the splines and the bolts, let it sit over night after you put it back together so the Loctite can set, it has worked so far for me.
 
Reply Like



Advanced Search
Quick Reply: heel toe shifter


Reply Closed Thread Share
Forum Jump

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:57 AM.