heel - toe shifter - suggestions?

[jkane]

Anyone got a suggestion for a heel toe shifter for an 05 dyna? Wife needs one. Got the one piece from J&P, but it is impossible to keep tight. The clamping part is way to stiff. Need a two piece that can clamp better.

[nakedmadman]

if it were me, I'd be looking for one from a boneyard. A used shifter + a little ingenuity should have you right in there. If not that, you might try contacting Fab Kevin and see what he can whip you one up for...

http://www.fabkevin.com/home.htm

[84FXRP]

Before you give up on the one piece heel/toe shifter try this:

Get a GRADE 8 bolt of suitable length so that it will thread completely through the shifter and have an excess of about 3/4 to 1 inch. i.e. the bolt should be an inch or so longer than the current bolt.

Position the shift lever on the shaft.

Thread the bolt into the shift lever BUT THREAD THE BOLT THROUGH THE SHIFT LEVER THE OPPOSITE WAY YOU WOULD NORMALLY INSTALL A TIGHTENING BOLT.

The head (with washer) of the bolt will be threaded into the shift lever with the bolt sticking through the "wrong" side e.g. the side of the shifter that has NO internal threads.

Next use a GRADE 8 washer/lock washer/nut on the bolt to clamp the shift lever down against the shaft. In effect you are tightening a nut down on a stud vs tightening a bolt into the shifter material. The grade 8 bolt/nut combo is MUCH stronger than the threads in the shift lever so you can use quite a bit more clamping force.

Works for me. Hope this helps.

[DNFXDLI]

What about part # 33756-01...I have one but not the chrome one..if you want it, pm me. No cost for it...just shipping.

[jkane]

I have a bolt going through it now. But have to tighten it so much to keep in on the spline that It gets harder and harder to remove each oil change. The threads are gettign stripped, and it still comes loose after a few weeks of riding. If I use locktite ont the spline, it lasts longer, but there has to be a better clamp design out there. Something that uses the gap in the spline where the original bolt would keep it from sliding off.

Just shipping sounds like a good deal. Sent a PM. Looks a lot like the one J&P just put in this years catalog. But the pegs appear to be fixed. Would need two rubber pieces to cover it instead of using the pegs I already have, I think.

[84FXRP]

Originally Posted by jkane

I..... The threads are gettign stripped, and it still comes loose after a few weeks of riding. ....

Are you saying that the threads on a grade 8 bolt and nut are being stripped?

Your post reads like you are clamping the shift lever using a bolt tightened into threads in the shift lever.


My suggestion was that you clamp the shift lever down using a grade 8 BOLT and grade 8 NUT by running the bolt through the shift lever and clamping it on the shaft with the nut. You DO NOT use the threads in the shift lever to produce the clamping force. You produce the clamping force with a nut/bolt that runs through the shift lever.

To save you drilling out the threads in the shift lever, run the bolt BACKWARDS through the shift lever. That way the shift lever threads are just holding the bolt in place and all clamping force is done with the nut.

If there were NO threads in the shift lever you would just drop a bolt through the shift lever and tighten using a nut.

[jkane]

Yep, no threads on the shifter arm where the bolt goes through the hole to clamp it to the spline drive. I have to tighten it so much that the threads start to strip or it won't hold. That Stainless is REALLY hard stuff!

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[hacksawsgarage]

grade 8 is not a stainless bolt.