freewilly 
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11/6 11:56p
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Tattoo, yeah they picked me up had me in and out in good time. Not complaining about that. Not complaining really about anything but my problem. This shouldn`t be an issue why would
harley use a shaft or lever that would fail?. Granted 50,000 some miles but this part should last a lifetime even with hard riding. I`m not a mechanic, I`m a water/wastewater guy so I do know something about how stuff works and this is BS. I will replace the bolt maybe it stretched but i don`t think so, I think as mentioned earlier the shaft is soft and allows this to happen if the bike is ridden. So I`ll try it and then I`ll tear it down in Feb and fix it right after it fails again.Hopefully the new shaft is better than the originall.
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moscooter
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11/7 6:12a
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Freewilly.....Here is a possible method of preventing reoccurrence of your shifter arm problem once you get it fixed. Of course, it depends which (camp) you are in when shifting....(assuming for this discussion, "Tour models with footboards".
Type A) These folks ignore the heel shifter and only use the toe lever.
Type B) These (including me), use the heel lever for upshifting. To minimize the height that I have to raise my boot heel to shift, I pull off the heel lever and move it down as far as I can and still make the shift. In fact, my stomp on the heel lever makes it contact the rubber pad on the footboard and actually make it move down too.
In addition to making those upshifts faster and easier for me, the positioning that I describe, "limits" the movement of the lever overall
Therefore, I think this helps preserve the splines, etc. as my footboard acts as a "backstop" Speed shifting without this limited movement could easily stress or torque the lever beyond what`s necessary to complete the shift. 
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gmcginnis
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11/7 11:09a
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FW - I`m assuming you are using RED loc-tite for this also.
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freewilly
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11/7 1:19p
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Thanks again for all the support. My last post was somewhat beer induced and I think I was whining a little. Got the new bolt tight tight tight. Now I`m gonna hop on and go in search of a cold one.
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VTHUNDER
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11/7 3:15p
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Tattoo,
I have allready killed 4 deer this week, am getting tired of fooling with them allready, muzzleloader season has only been in for 6 days, I still got 1 more week of muzzleloader and then 2 weeks of regular rifle season after that. I shot a doe and an 8 point buck today, i was cutting up meat until 4pm this evening from noon.
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Tattoo
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11/7 3:38p
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How many freezers do you own? 
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11/7 4:38p
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Damn VT! If you run outta room for all that meat, I`ll take some off your hands! 
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VTHUNDER
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11/7 6:18p
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I will be going to the cannery bright and early Monday morning, no freezer needed for this meat, it will all be in quart tin cans. I have sore muscles from all the pulling on the deer hides while skinning.
I must be using different muscles than I did on all those long rides I have been taking on the Motorcycle.
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moscooter
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11/8 8:28a
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VT.....Yrs ago, one of my riding buddies was an avid bow hunter. When they got a deer, they hung it up in the garage for a few days to "age" it. Doesn`t sound like you do any aging.........ergo straight into the can 
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VTHUNDER
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11/8 3:12p
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I usually leave it soaking in salt water and ice for a few days if that counts for aging. It solrt of breaks the meat down and makes it tender and it pulls the blood out of the meat.
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EODHOG
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11/9 2:26a
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Hey Free Willy!
Excuse me for coming in late. When you have issues like that give me a ring first. I have a few hours wrenching on bikes and 30+ years on cars/snowcats/dirtbikes, etc. Nothing against Brian and his crew at the HD shop, but more than likely we can figure out whats wrong and then you can go there and spend your money on parts. And if its anything worse than a loose or missing dipstick I can haul you upthere on my trailer! LOL 
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