Rod Stewart
Active Member
Well my old nemesis is back and it happened again today.
My '04 Classic shift linkage keeps falling apart where the vertical lever attaches to the splined shaft at the foot shift peg shaft.
You are riding along having a great time, then you go to shift down, and boom, nothing there. The shift pegs are flopped over in the wrong place doing nothing.
The stupid shift linkage system on these bikes is definitley their Achilles heal.
Why the (edit) can`t the MoCo come up with something that does not fall apart everytime you turn around.
This problem is worse than the broken ball joint issue on the shifter rod (which I have also had), as you can't tie wrap or duct tape it back together. All you can do is limp along leaning down and jamming the shift rod back and forth by hand to shift gears. I am sure this is really great for the transmission, because of course you can't use the clutch while shifting.
This happened the first time within about 3 months of brand new, on the way to Sturgis. I have had it back to the dealer twice, and all they can do is put the lever arm back on the splined shaft and tighten it up. It has happened at least 5 or 6 times. It seems you just can`t get the lever tight enough on the splines to prevent it from vibrating. After a while the vibration causes it to loosen and fall off, usually at a very inconvenient time.
Anyone any ideas.
I am at a loss. All I can think of doing is ordering a new splined shaft and shift lever to see if they will fit together tighter and not fall apart.
Rod
My '04 Classic shift linkage keeps falling apart where the vertical lever attaches to the splined shaft at the foot shift peg shaft.
You are riding along having a great time, then you go to shift down, and boom, nothing there. The shift pegs are flopped over in the wrong place doing nothing.
The stupid shift linkage system on these bikes is definitley their Achilles heal.
Why the (edit) can`t the MoCo come up with something that does not fall apart everytime you turn around.
This problem is worse than the broken ball joint issue on the shifter rod (which I have also had), as you can't tie wrap or duct tape it back together. All you can do is limp along leaning down and jamming the shift rod back and forth by hand to shift gears. I am sure this is really great for the transmission, because of course you can't use the clutch while shifting.
This happened the first time within about 3 months of brand new, on the way to Sturgis. I have had it back to the dealer twice, and all they can do is put the lever arm back on the splined shaft and tighten it up. It has happened at least 5 or 6 times. It seems you just can`t get the lever tight enough on the splines to prevent it from vibrating. After a while the vibration causes it to loosen and fall off, usually at a very inconvenient time.
Anyone any ideas.
I am at a loss. All I can think of doing is ordering a new splined shaft and shift lever to see if they will fit together tighter and not fall apart.
Rod
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