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Theiguy
Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 09:13 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
this is the second time this has happened to me:

going to work as usual. go to downshift for a stop sign. nothing there. WTF? look down and the socket screw is gone (again). first time this happened i thought someone was screwing with me. shifter itself and bolt still in place, just the socket screw that attaches to the shifter linkage is MIA.

a while after the first time it happened i thought it might be my fault. dropped the bike on the left from leaving the brake lock on (DOH!). but both times i was 100% sure i torqued down the screw as hard as possible. i know this is a part that has the potential for movement, but i didnt think id need loctite.

thinking about going over to a clevis pin/cotter pin instead, in the event that threads on the inside of the shifter are damaged.

any thoughts?

(Message edited by theiguy on August 25, 2010)
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Andymnelson
Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 09:15 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
loc-tite.
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No_rice
Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 10:35 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
+1 yep i think its just you...
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Borrowedbike
Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 10:51 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Lock-tite.

The screw is a grade 8 1/4 20 3/4" allen head. I'm considering going to a 7/16 and drilling a hole for a cotter pin.

DAMHIK

Oh, and guess what bolt you lose if the bushings on the shifter wear out!
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Tdiddy
Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 01:42 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)



I safety wired my shifter linkage.
Problem solved.
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Slaughter
Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 11:34 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I safety wired the it on the racebike. LocTite only goes so far.
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Ourdee
Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 05:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Will that slice cheese?
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Brightbuell
Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 06:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Ha!, slice cheese, it looks like it might.
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Fast1075
Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 08:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Clean the parts with brakleen....use GREEN locktite...you will need a torch to get them apart on purpose.
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Gunut75
Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 10:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Mine fell out, and I replaced it and used loc-tite.
To fix the bushing in the shifter problem, mine rides on a sealed roller bearing.
The screw size is a 10-24 x 3/4 or 5/8.
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Scud
Posted on Friday, August 27, 2010 - 12:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I used a longer cap screw & a nylok nut.
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Jeylux
Posted on Friday, September 10, 2010 - 09:12 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
This happened to me a couple of months ago as well. I safety wired mine like the above poster. I think it's just like a tuning fork out there vibrating away.
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Ducbsa
Posted on Friday, September 10, 2010 - 10:03 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Mine are loctited, but I may wire them for the koolness factor.
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