Heal Shift Removal.. Hacksawed Shifter Shaft..
Cruiser
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 180
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From: Jasper, GA
I bought the little chrome cap for my last 3 bikes. Came home, drilled on through them, then used my bench grinder and removed the closed end of the cap until it was same width as shifter. Placed it on the inboard side with toe shifter to the outside.
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Joined: Jan 2008
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From: Pacific Northwest
No part if this thread was about being "manly" and I don't know why you're taking it there.
Again, you missed the entire point of the OP's thread.....which offered an alternative to those caps and spacers sold by H-D and many others.
It's a customizing mod that can be done for zero ($0) dollars if you have the simplest of tools (a hack saw and a file).
If you don't want to do this mod, then don't.
Nobody but you is impressed with the fact that you successfully installed a cap on your motorcycle and actually own both a hack saw and a circular saw.
Last edited by Leftcoaster; Oct 12, 2013 at 04:18 PM.
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Joined: Jun 2011
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From: Glendale AZ
That's a good idea. I rolled with the chrome spacer where the heel shifter was just in case the next owner wants to put it back on.....IF that ever happens. I need my shifter outside......reaching in is a pain for me. My legs ain't shaped that way!! LOL!!
Nice work though!
Nice work though!
Personally I prefer the heel-toe shift, but what the OP did was a nice slick little mod, looks clean and didn't cost him anything but his time!
Any one can buy parts and put them on, not everybody can fabricate though, lucky for me that my mechanical and fabricating abilities allow me to pretty much do whatever I want to, even if Harley says it won't fit, HA just watch me make it work!
Nice job OP, looks very nice!
Any one can buy parts and put them on, not everybody can fabricate though, lucky for me that my mechanical and fabricating abilities allow me to pretty much do whatever I want to, even if Harley says it won't fit, HA just watch me make it work!
Nice job OP, looks very nice!
Road Warrior
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 1,784
Likes: 92
From: Michigan
56 replies and no one just takes the rubber and bolt out then put the empty lever back on?? Just re-installing the orginal lever is simple and it keeps your damn boot off the engine from scratching the crap out of it. Cost? Zero
Come'on, hacksawing the shaft off! Are kidding me? Fine if you will be the final owner of that bike. You' all are making a simple procedure a major and costly ordeal!
Come'on, hacksawing the shaft off! Are kidding me? Fine if you will be the final owner of that bike. You' all are making a simple procedure a major and costly ordeal!
Last edited by Just Me; Oct 12, 2013 at 09:02 PM.
Road Warrior
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 1,590
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From: North Carolina
No part if this thread was about being "manly" and I don't know why you're taking it there.
Again, you missed the entire point of the OP's thread.....which offered an alternative to those caps and spacers sold by H-D and many others.
It's a customizing mod that can be done for zero ($0) dollars if you have the simplest of tools (a hack saw and a file).
If you don't want to do this mod, then don't.
Nobody but you is impressed with the fact that you successfully installed a cap on your motorcycle and actually own both a hack saw and a circular saw.
Again, you missed the entire point of the OP's thread.....which offered an alternative to those caps and spacers sold by H-D and many others.
It's a customizing mod that can be done for zero ($0) dollars if you have the simplest of tools (a hack saw and a file).
If you don't want to do this mod, then don't.
Nobody but you is impressed with the fact that you successfully installed a cap on your motorcycle and actually own both a hack saw and a circular saw.
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Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 38
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From: Sequim, WA
56 replies and no one just takes the rubber and bolt out then put the empty lever back on?? Just re-installing the orginal lever is simple and it keeps your damn boot off the engine from scratching the crap out of it. Cost? Zero
Come'on, hacksawing the shaft off! Are kidding me? Fine if you will be the final owner of that bike. You' all are making a simple procedure a major and costly ordeal!
Come'on, hacksawing the shaft off! Are kidding me? Fine if you will be the final owner of that bike. You' all are making a simple procedure a major and costly ordeal!
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Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 38
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From: Sequim, WA
I'm confused. If you did that on mine (FLSTC) the shift arm that controls the transmission would be on the outside and the splined end of the shaft (along with the toe/heel shifters) would be next to the engine and totally unreachable.