Well I have a year left on my extended warranty, so this should be covered, yes?

 

i forgot to add, i always keep an extra shifter in the saddlebag. ive had a couple strip on the road and lost one on the road.

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No, at least on '07 and later Touring they don't. However I am wondering if they are using nylon bushings which, theoretically, do not need greased. On my '03 Softail I used to take the shifter shaft apart and grease it but it eventually caused the nylon bushings to swell up and the shaft to bind up. Unless there is a problem with the shaft sticking I would not introduce grease if there is no grease zerk.

 

quote=sifularson;7462421]If it's the shifter shaft, do yourself a favor and replace it with this. . .

Pingel Shift shaft

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It doesn't look like it has room for the heel shifter. Does it have room for both?[

 

It has two slots for the shifter bolts.

 

Thanks, indeed it does. I had a dyslexic moment and thought the Zerk fitting was on the shifter end.

 

I wash my bike a lot . . . I know, I know . . . I'm picky.

As a result, a lot of water gets into that shaft. On my 07, the shaft started getting sticky. The fix was to remove the shaft and apply never sieze. That is until I heard of this part. Put one on my 07 and the problem wasw solved.

One of the first mods I did to my 11. You can hardly see the zerk fitting on the inside. One quick shot of grease every other wash and I'll never have a problem shifting.

I know it's not a cheap part BUT it is a very well built and practical part.

Steve

 

if it happens again break out your harley tool kit loosen the heel shifter and move it to the toe shift.

 

Very, very common problem, I have stopped and helped a few along the roadside that lost the shifter and one lost the whole shaft. This is a normal service item that at a minimum, every oil change tighten all of the bolts on the entire shift assembly. If you strip the one at the tranny, now you have bigtime issues.

 

As far as I know, there is no nylon in this area. It is the aluminum primary case and the steel shaft. If anyone can prove me wrong, I apologize. Otherwise, I still believe in this part.

BTW, on my 07, I drilled the case and installed a zerk. Later I installed a chrome inner primary case and that's when I found the Pingel part and installed it. Worked so well that I had to have one on my 11.