| Author | Message | ||
     Thulsadoom |
So, as I am riding home last night at about 1130, I decide to check if I'm in fifth. I go to up shift and realize that something is missing. I feel around with my foot and find the shifter hanging. Get home blowing through stop signs and giving lots of gas. Check out the damage and I lost the bolt and the black washer thingy that goes in the shifter arm. Where/how to get these parts, or is it time to go with Precision Engineering? I will NEVER use the Harley dealer here in Casper and the one I bought my bike at is in Denver. Any thoughts, suggestions? Thank you. DOOM | ||
| Spatten1 |
Same thing happened to me, but I had some hardware store bolts installed after a crash, so probably my fault. If I remember correctly, there are two black sleeves, one on each side or the lever hole. Also, I think (from memory) there is a metal sleeve that rides inside them, and the bolt rides inside the metal sleeve. I may be wrong about the metal sleeve between the bolt and the black thingies, check a diagram. I used red locktite and marked the bolt with a sharpy to make sure that it was not turning again. No problems at all since then. An unexpected bonus was that the shift lever action tightened up quited a bit after changing the black thingies. | ||
| Thulsadoom |
I have the metal sleeve, didn't know it was to the shifter. Ha, my bad. Anyways, thank you. I will just order them from the shop in Denver. Thank you. DOOM | ||
| Reepicheep |
I broke some bit of that doing an adjustment and had to buy some parts. Feel free to post a picture of what you need and I can look in my pile and see if (a) I can dig it up and (b) if its the right part. Maybe google up an image of the shifter and point to the parts you need... That bolt is probably a hardware store part, if it is what I am thinking of. I don't remember any sleeves, but I haven't looked in a long time... Careful on the torque, its a pinch fitting, so a little torque goes a long way, and its easy to break. | ||
| Spatten1 |
I remember now, the metal sleeve is sized to keep the bolt from pinching the shifter. The black thingies keep the sleeve from wearing into the shift lever. You need the sleeve or the bolt will just compress the shift lever into the primary cover, and it will not be free to move. | ||
| Thulsadoom |
Yeah, I need the bolt and the black thingies. I have the sleeve sitting on my work bench. I thought it went to that, but it never ended up getting into the shifter. DOOM | ||
| Deadduck |
the sleeve also keeps the bolt from unscrewing as your shifting gears if I remember correctly |
