Super Easy Shift Linkage Mod
Grand HDF Member
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 4,816
Likes: 1,320
From: Good roads, cold beer
BUT, all said and done, prob much, much easier to buy one of them in a 'kit' and not waste 3 hours running around town buying hardware (as I had to).
Tourer
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 280
Likes: 80
From: NW Illinois
I would've done the same thing if they weren't available premade and so inexpensive. I'd have even made the aluminum part too, I own a tool and die shop, but for $25? Why reinvent the wheel?
As to the loose transmission shift lever, mine was loose a few years in. No amount of tightening the allen bolt would fix it. So I took the lever off and profile milled around the outside of the splined end to thin it and allow it to flex more and grip the splines. Been ok for years now.
As to the loose transmission shift lever, mine was loose a few years in. No amount of tightening the allen bolt would fix it. So I took the lever off and profile milled around the outside of the splined end to thin it and allow it to flex more and grip the splines. Been ok for years now.
Road Captain
Joined: Jul 2015
Posts: 565
Likes: 152
From: Calgary, Alberta
If you want the shifter rod chrome, go to the hardware store and get a chrome toilet feed/supply pipe. Cut to just under the length between the jam nuts. Take one end apart and slide it over the shifter rod. I used a couple of dabs of RTV, one at each end to keep it from rattling about. It seems these pipes are chrome over copper. I've had mine like this for the second summer now and it still looks great. Not bad for $3.00.
Thread Starter
|
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 20,616
Likes: 4,440
From: anacoco, la
well, when i first posted this thread in 2011, i can tell you that there wasn't the plethora of shift linkages available then as they are now. so the $8 i had invested in parts represented a significant savings over what i would have had to spend at hd/jp/etc. and to be totally honest, i'm a cheap bastard, even $8 vs $25 would have me thinking....
Novice
Joined: Oct 2018
Posts: 24
Likes: 2
From: Little elm
Newbie here! Can anyone tell me how to measure for an aftermarket shift linkage?
ive found with this 2018 breakout that due to the new design of the bike, most vendors or manufacturers either dont list parts for it that are interchangeable or dont know which ones are yet!
Ive found 5-6 parts so far that are either universal or interchangeable and even Harley told me it wont work. Yetbits on and works great!!
any advice would be appreciated!
ive found with this 2018 breakout that due to the new design of the bike, most vendors or manufacturers either dont list parts for it that are interchangeable or dont know which ones are yet!
Ive found 5-6 parts so far that are either universal or interchangeable and even Harley told me it wont work. Yetbits on and works great!!
any advice would be appreciated!
HD Forum Stories
The Best of Harley-Davidson for Lifelong Riders
7 Surprising Harley-Davidson Products that Are Not Motorcycles
Verdad Gallardo
8 Best Harley-Davidson Motorcycles Ever
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Worst Harley-Davidson Motorcycles Ever
Pouria Savadkouei
Killer Custom's Jail Break Is The Breakout That Refused to Blend In
Verdad Gallardo
Crazy Bunderbike Build Looks Amazing, But Is It Impossible to Ride?
Verdad Gallardo
Harley-Davidson Reveals Super Cool Cafe Racer Concept
Verdad Gallardo
Engraved Rebellion: Inside Bundnerbike's Glam Rock II
Verdad Gallardo
10 Motorcycles You Should Never Buy
Joe Kucinski
10 Things Harley-Davidson Needs to Fix in 2026
Verdad Gallardo
Road Captain
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 680
Likes: 224
From: Buhl, Idaho
Sorry, but no banana.
Go out and actually look at your shift levers.
If you do you will observe the toe shifter is inboard leaving the **** on the end in a position that can be reached by the toe of a shoe sans any 'pigeon toe' effect.
If you like having only the toe shifter, as many do, cutting of the remainder of the splined shaft will leave the toe lever in the exact same position as a stock bike while allowing you to keep your foot closer to the primary - no 'pigeon toe' effect there whatsoever.
That 'pigeon toe' effect (very slight) only occurs when you leave the heel shifter on or move the toe shifter outboard.
Very obvious to the naked eye. Check it for yourself (use a tape measure and straight edge if necessary).
Go out and actually look at your shift levers.
If you do you will observe the toe shifter is inboard leaving the **** on the end in a position that can be reached by the toe of a shoe sans any 'pigeon toe' effect.
If you like having only the toe shifter, as many do, cutting of the remainder of the splined shaft will leave the toe lever in the exact same position as a stock bike while allowing you to keep your foot closer to the primary - no 'pigeon toe' effect there whatsoever.
That 'pigeon toe' effect (very slight) only occurs when you leave the heel shifter on or move the toe shifter outboard.
Very obvious to the naked eye. Check it for yourself (use a tape measure and straight edge if necessary).
Elite HDF Member
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 4,452
Likes: 798
From: Bear Flag, lower end
https://www.speedwaymotors.com/Speed...tud,32258.html
