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Oct 24, 2009 | 04:05 PM

0ut1aw

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heel toe shifter

I have a 2009 SG

The heel toe shifter rattles and make a lot of racket. I noticed the spacer is made of rubber.

How tight is the shifter supposed to be against the rubber spacer? The book doesn't address it.

Oct 24, 2009 | 04:42 PM

gunnerglide

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Shouldn't rattle or even be loose on the shaft. I took mine off and threw it in the bag for a spare. Moved the toe shifter to the end of the shaft and made a spacer out of the rubber piece off the heel shifter. I've always been a toe shifter guy and couldn't get into the heel thing. You definetely sound like you need to tighten it up.

Oct 24, 2009 | 04:58 PM

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You can also get a washer from the hardware store that is shaped like a wave - the
correct name for it escapes me at the moment, I'm sure someone else here knows what it's called. Anyway it goes on the shaft so that it's closest to the primary cover and will keep tension on the assembly. For that matter you may be able to make one out of a regular flat washer by bending it 10 or 15 degrees.

Oct 24, 2009 | 05:15 PM

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Most of us didn't notice it was loose until it fell off and we had to buy another lever & peg. Those levers always seem to loosen on the splines. Locktite didn't work for me, the bolt stretches with tightening. I replaced it with a grade 8 bolt, long enough to put a nylon collared nut (locknut) on the bottom side. Nice and tight now, no rattles, and no worries about losing it.

Oct 24, 2009 | 05:31 PM

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I always take my heel shifter off too, but I don't move the toe shifter out like yours. Instead I get the lil chrome cap they sell to cover up the extension.

Oct 24, 2009 | 06:04 PM

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Funny I did the exact same thing.

Oct 24, 2009 | 06:06 PM

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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.