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Old Oct 27, 2010 | 04:34 PM
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Hey all,

Today I was out on a ride and about 20 miles from being back home I went to upshift and realized I couldn't get my boot under my toe shifter.

I pulled off to a gas station and saw that my toe shifter had collapsed. I thought that maybe a nut had worked its way loose but that wasn't the case.

Is there some kind of "teeth" or some such inside the toe shifter mechanism that keep it "up"?

I was able to limp back home by gerry-rigging my heal shifter with my toe to down shift.

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Old Oct 27, 2010 | 04:37 PM
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Common problem, splines are gone on the shaft, $21 part.
 
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Old Oct 27, 2010 | 04:40 PM
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Common problem, splines are gone on the shaft, $21 part.
Thanks. Not sure what the hell a "spline" is but now I've got somewhere to start.

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splines = teeth....
 
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splines = teeth....
Ahhhh.

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If it's the shifter shaft, do yourself a favor and replace it with this. . .

Pingel Shift shaft

 
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in many cases, the shifter itself wears out before the shaft that it mounts to does. try just a shifter lever first. they are softer than the hardened shaft,so they wear out first. warning though, i think harley get like 50 bucks for the lever.

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Mine keptslipping. Replaced shaft and iside lever account of same problem. New bolt to hold lever on shaft! Dealership just kept tightening the bolt . Lost shifter and shafter on interstate coming back from Sturgis. dastardly dick
 
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Originally Posted by sifularson
If it's the shifter shaft, do yourself a favor and replace it with this. . .

Pingel Shift shaft

Doesn't the primary case still have the grease zerk on em on the newer models?
 
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Mine keptslipping. Replaced shaft and iside lever account of same problem. New bolt to hold lever on shaft! Dealership just kept tightening the bolt . Lost shifter and shafter on interstate coming back from Sturgis. dastardly dick
Happened to me a month ago as well, $116 I could have spent on something else.
 
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