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Tattoo on 1/14/2007!
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what part did they replace for $330?
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Man, that sucks. I hope you get it worked out soon.
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Tattoo forgive my lack of the proper term but the rear splined shaft that goes to the tranny and the lever that connects that shaft to the shift rod.
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Scratch that they did not replace the shaft. Just talked to the service guy. he said they replace the arm and not the shaft all the time. When the tech looked at it I guess he determined the shaft was OK. They suggested a new bolt and again tighten the **** out of it.
gmcginnis on 11/12/2006!
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FW - every now and then we get a GREMLIN. Do whatever Tattoo says.
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I guess I`ll get the new bolt. It just doesn`t seem right. When they put the new lever on it was tight, and I checked it a number of times as I didn`t want to spend another $330.Just hard to believe the splines on the lever have rounded off if the shaft was still good. The bill would have been much higher had they pulled the tranny and replaced the shaft. Which I might have to do but I`ll start with the bolt and cross my fingers.
Thanks for the input.
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most times you need the shaft as well.
VTHUNDER on 9/20/2009!
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Sounds to me like he got the Shaft at the harley place allready. They like to bend you over and slide in a nice big one every chance they get. Everytime i used to take my bike, I always felt like I had been through a
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I guess I must have been lucky so far as to this problem. Nobody bangs a shift any harder or faster than I do.......given the need to do so. I have never experienced this (slippage) problem that has been described.


On this topic, (on another forum), I was challenged as to the "quickness" of (upshifting) in a "lite to lite" situation versus (downshifting) in the same scenario. To clearify this, I`m talking about those that (exclusively) use only the toe lever versus those (including me), that use the heel lever.

I have been challenged as to the (toe users) being able to "bang" shifts quicker than I can using the downward motion of the heel.........

Bring `em on, it aint gonna happen
Tattoo on 1/14/2007!
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"The Harley place likes to bend you over"

They replaced a shifter arm and all the gaskets and fluids and plus picked the bike up as well. $330 including labor? thats cheaper than I would do it at home. Your dealer might bend you over,that dont mean all of them do. Shouldn`t you be hunting?
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Oh snap!
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