Stripped Toe shifter
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My toe shifter fell I tightened it and it fell again
I took it apart on Saturday and it was stripped everything was closed so I was in a bind
I took them both off and turned my heel shifter forward
I want to replace both of those and the shifter rod that they connect to and the part that it connects to below the linkage
Can anyone help with part numbers?
I looked in my book and I can't find anything on these
Thanks for the help
I took it apart on Saturday and it was stripped everything was closed so I was in a bind
I took them both off and turned my heel shifter forward
I want to replace both of those and the shifter rod that they connect to and the part that it connects to below the linkage
Can anyone help with part numbers?
I looked in my book and I can't find anything on these
Thanks for the help
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Make sure to check the back connection to the shift linkage that goes into the primary. If that strips you have to remove a bunch of crap. Make sure that back linkage is tight. Cost me 700 to have it replaced on the road...I wasn't happy.
Good luck
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hope nobody took that wrong i mean it in the best way,he is always on the spot with good to the point advise.i think hes ended more threads than anyone in here.
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That same thing happened to my bike on Saturday.
I was riding up to Big Bear, CA and when I went to down shift the toe shifter was all the way forward. So we took my extended heel shifter off, flipped it up and I ran that way the rest of the afternoon. I stopped by the dealer and got the shaft (pun intended) and started looking for another toe shifter. Then I remembered my OEM heel shifter. It was the same as the toe shifter except that it's threaded from the other side. I figure I'll just run an extra long bolt all the way through and secure it with a nylock nut.
That's a Harley for you.
I was riding up to Big Bear, CA and when I went to down shift the toe shifter was all the way forward. So we took my extended heel shifter off, flipped it up and I ran that way the rest of the afternoon. I stopped by the dealer and got the shaft (pun intended) and started looking for another toe shifter. Then I remembered my OEM heel shifter. It was the same as the toe shifter except that it's threaded from the other side. I figure I'll just run an extra long bolt all the way through and secure it with a nylock nut.
That's a Harley for you.
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its not just a harley thing in the 70" and 80"s i went through many shifters so many that to this day i carry a pair of vise gripps,they will kill whats left of the shaft but will get u home,even used them on a broken clutch cable clamped on the end and removed the clutch lever they sat right in the perch.
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its not just a harley thing in the 70" and 80"s i went through many shifters so many that to this day i carry a pair of vise gripps,they will kill whats left of the shaft but will get u home,even used them on a broken clutch cable clamped on the end and removed the clutch lever they sat right in the perch.
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