Shift rod replacement.........good deal!

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Jan 8, 2012 | 09:34 AM

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frenchbiker

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Originally Posted by dawg

You can get a chrome rod cheap and get chrome heim joints and make your own. Or you can keep the stock rod and put on chrome heim joints after polishing up the rod.

I polished the rod and have chrome heim joints but the rod is a little too rinky dinky for my taste.
Tell me more about the cheap chrome rod, I'm all ears.

Jan 8, 2012 | 09:38 AM

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littlebear

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Been looking for one thats affordable, pulled the triger...Thanks

Jan 8, 2012 | 09:41 AM

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NDBadlands4-2

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Nice looking, well desiged part.

Jan 8, 2012 | 09:42 AM

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Teardrop

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Thanks for the link..

Jan 8, 2012 | 09:43 AM

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dawg

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Originally Posted by frenchbiker

I polished the rod and have chrome heim joints but the rod is a little too rinky dinky for my taste.
Tell me more about the cheap chrome rod, I'm all ears.

If you already have the chrome heim joints and stock rod, the cheapest and easiest way to go would be to go to a hardware store and buy a chrome water supply line for a sink in the plumbing section, cut it to fit between the heim joints and slide it over your existing rod.

Jan 8, 2012 | 09:52 AM

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elPrez

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Originally Posted by frenchbiker

I'm not into flames, tribal, zombies, skulls, barb wire and stuff like that. How come it's almost impossible to find a simple chrome shifter rod at a decent price?
Oh and decent price is not $50, it's $30.
If someone finds one, let me know. Thx.

http://www.demonscycle.com/Forward-C...-p9575905.html
Close enough?

Jan 8, 2012 | 09:53 AM

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frenchbiker

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From: The Burgh

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Originally Posted by dawg

I know this trick but none of the chrome water lines I found at Lowe's were perfectly straight. I'm pretty **** about my bike, you know. <g>
I need to find a perfectly straight one and I'll put it on. Hope it's not going to rattle though.

Jan 8, 2012 | 09:55 AM

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Dana Lee

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I found one at Nothern Tools, $14... its a tie rod for some sort of tractor. Looks like the stock one, its a 14/28 just like what came on my '05, made better than the OEM from HD :-)

Jan 8, 2012 | 11:10 AM

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baust55

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Is this the HEMI JOINT you internet experts speak off ?

PRODUCT PAGE
http://www.demonscycle.com/Forward-C...-p9575905.html

Last edited by baust55; Jan 8, 2012 at 11:14 AM.

Jan 8, 2012 | 11:14 AM

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frenchbiker

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Originally Posted by baust55

Is this the HEMI JOINT you internet experts speak off ?

PRODUCT PAGE
http://www.demonscycle.com/Forward-C...-p9575905.html

PIC
http://www.demonscycle.com/Forward-C...-p9575905.html

No ......... and yes. LOL This is a heim joint.

http://www.landmarkmfg.com/Linkage_Rod_End.html

What you showed is the whole shifter linkage with heim joints at the 2 ends. By the way, you helped me find a nice chrome shifter rod. I might buy it. Thanks.

Last edited by frenchbiker; Jan 8, 2012 at 11:24 AM.

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