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.

Thanks
David

 

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.

Regards
David

 

splines = teeth....

 

Ahhhh.

Thanks

 

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

Pingel Shift shaft

 

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.

head

 

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

 

Doesn't the primary case still have the grease zerk on em on the newer models?

 

Happened to me a month ago as well, $116 I could have spent on something else.