Harley Shifter Shaft, Arm, & Linkage-Don't Get Stranded!
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- I teach you how to properly inspect your Harley shifter shaft, shifter arm, splines, and shifter linkage. This Harley shifter system has had problems for years and it has many points of failure. If this Harley shifter shaft or system fails it can leave you stranded. I show you what to look for and how to repair it if it is already faulty.
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Ryan Urlacher do you sell the after market linkage you are using in your store?
Last night riding 2 W NJ my ‘08 FLHR RKing remained stuck in 6 gear . Had to ride it in 6th. Noticed was the loose Shift arms. the toe shift was loose and from the shift shaft , same as the rear shift pedal.Did not get stuck, made home by shift manually with my L hand. Time to bring Baby Girl 2 Hannums for a good look over and repair. This problem is wi’ older models as well as ‘14’s and up.STUCK IN 1,2 3rd.And Hannums’s is shut down due to the bug. Oh well.
@@ronaldross6001 09 road king same problem.
Instablaster.
2017 trike have same problem
2014 Limited. Purchased from dealership in July epoch failure 60 miles from the nearest city in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. $336.00 tow, to city with auto parts store but no motorcycle shop. 2 hours later a crusty biker drove up looked at me trying to cobble together a solution, told me he would return, 10 minutes later he showed up with all the parts i needed, and said " we don't leave bikers stranded, mail me back the parts when you get home". Got home went to Harley dealership bought brand new parts and $100.00 gift card and sent them to my guardian angel.
Scrag your the best
Now i check it everytime I ride
Dang~!
Awesome story!!
When bikers talk about showing class, that's it right there. He treated you like his brother!
DAMN - that is awesome
I ride a Gold Wing so no experience with being broke down but I am impressed with the generosity of strangers
Now that's a great story !!
Had the same issue On my 2014 ultra Limited while on my way to a Patriot Guard mission for a fallen hero. My plan was to hand shift to get there and deal with it later. I was about 5 miles from where i needed to be. Fortunately a Good Samaritan handy man was stood up for an appointment at the residence I stopped in front of. He graciously not only took me to a dealership for parts but hung around to make sure she was fixed. Refused to accept anything for his time and just asked to pay it forward. My kind of guy.
I might add that where I live (Pa) THIS IS THE VERY FIRST PLACE THE TECHNICIAN GOES TO WHENEVER YOU PULL YOUR BIKE INTO THE STEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION PURPOSES! Hmmm, I wonder why???? BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY CAN CHARGE THE CUSTOMER BIG BUCKS FOR FIXING IT!! CROOKS!!!!!!!
After watching this I went out and checked mine, yep it's loose. Thank you for this video, might have saved me a huge problem.
This junk part should have been redesigned by Harley ages ago.
Mine came off on a country road with my wife. Just so happened we were in front of a couple of retired machinist sitting on the porch drinking beers. Had me back together in 15mins stayed and drank beers for 30 more!
Awesome story!!
As I was at the last exit before home from a 4800+ trip, I lost the linkage. Fortunately I was in third gear and was able to limp the last 5 miles home. The bike is im the shop now for that and a couple of other things. I told my husband that I really didn't look at it close enough to see what part of it failed and truth is I have never looked at it well enough to know how it all went together. Now I know and probably could have fixed it myself with your excellent, well explained video! You are the best!!! PS I'm a female, 77 years old and I still plan on riding until I can't!!
Why not bring a class action lawsuit, this should be replaced for free. Why should anyone pay?
If this happens to you on the road (and you should always have your travel tool kit) flip the shaft backwards and use the good splines under your heel toe shifters for the linkage and stick your toe shifter on the damage splines. The splines on the outward side don't have any play like the linkage side and won't wear, the shifter level clamp is wider and can hold the damaged splines without moving and get you to a garage. I was 50 miles from home with no open Harley when mine failed, I got her home without issue doing just this.
This linkage fell apart on mine
I was able to rig it back together with hose claps and zip ties
Finished the last 500 miles to home
Even rode it to my local shop the next day. They all got a good laugh out of it. Hose clamps were always in my bag in my desert cross days and I always carry them on my street glide cross country rides. Love the content keep it up.
Heard a rattle on my bike in area of shifter. This video showed up and now I found why there was a rattle! Awesome. Thanks Ryan!
2015 Street Glide Special had to do some Southern engineering to get home at 15,000 miles
i love my harley but wonder wtf is with the engineers sometimes ! lol
I've been asking the same question. Harley just doesn't care. They love the service costs.
Engineers design stuff so it will break and make it hard to work on so that u have to bring it in harley wants people that have to much monet to burn to buy their stuff not cheap people bc cheap people find ways to fix things bc they don't have the money to buy or pay someone to do it for them
They make it to where you gotta spend money to fix instead of making it where will last for long time
On this point... the little rubber captive piece in the hydraulic clutch line where it enters the bike on my 2019 road king special was not designed to come off, and further up the line was a clamp deal that had that line forever in its clutches also 😂 I had to snip my damn clutch line, it was wild. So unfriendly to owner mechanics
@@ssgoku1983 after you already spend a lot of your hard earned cash for a bike.
Failed on my 2016 Roadglide Ultra on a a busy interstate 80 miles from home.
Also on a 2011 Roadglide in the middle of nowhere. Both around 25k miles.
I have had 3 POS Harley Davidson's in my day. 1993, 1998, 2005 and ALL have had this SAME PROBLEM!! Now I pull my inner primary and get the shift link tack welded to the shifter shaft and the problem is resolved. Back in the day this shaft was squared in lieu of splined! ! also have my heal and toe shifter welded. An elephant can shift my motorcycle and not damage it. I'm so sick of having to modify and strengthen my shit due to piss poor design by the Motor Company! I hope Indian motorcycle runs this sorry ass Company into bankruptcy as they've managed to get PLENTY of my money over the past 35 years of ownership, Sorry for the rant but THEY TOTALLY SUCK!
2014 Street Glide and it just happened to me an hour ago. Watching to see how to fix.
Harley Davidson has mastered the art of built in obsolescence. Strong work, HD. Immediately spend money on upgrades after every new bike purchase.
Great video, I’m on the motor unit at work and this just happened to me 2 weeks ago on one of our 2009 Electra Glides. NOT GOOD! Especially when people laugh at the broke down policeman on the side of the road.
Ooooh man, that sucks. Hasn't happened on my 2018 Police Electra Glide, but I'm checking it often. We'll see. Fingers crossed.
@@RyanUrlacher anything with the M8 Mr HD made getting to the shifter shaft bolt and transmission shaft bolt a breeze.Plus the M8 motor is so much smoother especially at idle. Your Streetglide like mine vibrates a hell of a lot more hence these and other bolts work loose . Plus our bolts are a BITCH to get to. Go to any HD dealer with pre M8 motors and wiggle the shifter shaft linkage. I bet most of them are loose!😎
2015 Road Glide Special, 21K miles. Just broke my third one. Inside part of shaft. Next to Mexico Border!! Took out the set screw push the shaft inward, to get that part of the spline to connect, wrapped it with wire on the inside to hold it in, shifted as seldom as possible, as gentle as possible with my boot heal held against the shift lever to make sure it stayed in as far as possible and made back to phoenix. I'm replacing everything with high end stuff after watching the video. Been riding for years, had three Harleys including a 09 Road glide with 40K, never any issues like this. 3 Times in 21K!! WTF!
I think the problem is having a heel shifter to begin with. Using your heel probably creates too much force overtime on on the potential failure points. I just stick with the toe shifter because you can be more delicate & precise.
I don't use a heel shifter and it happened to me. Many don't use heel shifters and take them off. Still happening.
Yes happen to me on the way to sturgis in Casper Wyoming. There H-D shop did not have the parts, so I pulled the shifting arms off and put the back one on the front and made it rapid city South Dakota where they had the parts. O this was on a 2005 road king
Happened to me on the Foothills Parkway right before we went on the Tail of the Dragon in 2015. 2006 Road Glide w/ 24K miles.
My 98 ultra had that issue... replaced the shaft and nedded to make a shim for the shaft tube... 100,000 miles thats a LOT of shifts
Had a 2014 Ultra classic and had to Replace my shifter shaft and arm at about
14000 miles was 200 miles from home was able to jimmy it and it got me home.
I’m watching this video because this just happened to mine 2007 ultra classic
Had this issue 3 times even though I check tightness every year, once on my 2015 Road Glide special ridding through NH to Laconia, 2018 Road King Special on a local ride, and already replaced it on my 2019 Road Glide Ultra under warranty was only 9 months old.
Nice Video as all ways . I will have to go and check mine out now just to be sure its ok .
My son's '13 Road Glide had this issue. Stripped out on him mid way between Detroit and BFE Kentucky. Luckily they were able to get it rigged well enough to complete the ride and get back home. Thanks for the video and the info!
I have a 2015 Ultra LMTD. Mine failed today. Had to shift with my hand in 99 degree weather.
After it’s fixed . Get rid of heel shifter . With out noticing. We hit or shift heel shift . Too hard . That is what makes them ware out so fast.
I never used a heel shifter at all and mine went.
Happened to me about 2 mos ago. 2014 Ultra Limited with 20K mis. Was in first gear and limped it back to Harley dealer about 5 mis away. They had the parts and a 3 hour wait for the repair. I carry tools so did the job myself in their parking lot. Cost about $75 for the parts with tax. Could've been worse. At least I was close to a dealer.
Happened last year on my '15 Limited. Replaced the shifter shaft (HD part) and the arm (Drag). This year I noticed the rear shifter was loose. I fixed this one with a repair I had read about years ago. I bought a grade 8 bolt to replace the original bolt so I could actually put some torgue on it.
Why do I feel like excessive unfelt force using heel shifter may be what is causing this
Had this happen to me about 3 years ago on my 2011 Street Glide.
2009 Super Glide shift shaft arm bolt came loose, unable to shift.rode home in 3rd gear !!
I got a 06 and just checked it and sure is loose just ordered all the parts thanks for the video
Thanks for the heads up on the shaft... the one on my 17 RG was very loose after 14k miles...
that amount of wear was from a meat head pounding on the shift levers. its not a kick starter, its a gear change lever
It happened on my 2016 Ultra Limited at 49,000 miles when I was in the middle of no where! LOL
Naturally!! 😂
heel shifters also helps cause premature failure due to the force the heel stomp applies compared to the toe.
2018 Ultra Limited, fine so far
Any update 10 months later?
@@adminadmin9997 nope, still good
Fixed my couple times on the road with a couple zip ties
Mine fell apart this weekend when we were on a trip 250 miles from home on the interstate at night in a driving rain storm. Ducked under an overpass and when I went to leave I could not get it out of first gear. Had 14 miles to go to the hotel. Put it back together and made to the hotel. Checked it all in the morning and found it was worn. Harley dealer was about 12 miles away and made it there to buy new parts. I will definitely check this more often now, especially before I go on any long trips.
Surprised the heck out of me driving back from the Patron LAB meetup I’m Papillon Nebraska. Was about 100 miles outside of Chicago.Had to reach down and shift the linkage with my left hand. 2014 Ultra Limited. Had just over 20 k miles at the time.
Yah buddy. That's what I had to do to get into Cheyenne~~ Good to hear from ya bro
Ryan, if the component is not one that requires monthly, quarterly or even yearly maintenance or adjustments, go with the Red Loctite. And more importantly, the torque spec on all bolts and nuts must be adhered in order to get the right stretch on the threads. Stay safe.
The back shifter stripped on my 2016 Ultra Limited, luckily I was only 5 miles away for Boise H-D dealer. Motorcycle only had 6,000 miles.
Thx for sharing that info
i have a 2012 ultra classic...this happened to me today!!..your vids are an awesome help!!😁☝️☝️☝️
Dang. Thanks for sharing.
2006 Dyna, bought this past January, checked it after watching your video just on gp's, sure enough it's getting ready to go...thanks! you gave me the opportunity to take care of something that I probably wouldn't have considered otherwise!
Same issue on way to Rolling Thunder in D.C. from Savannah on a 2015 Ultra Limited Low. Shift linkage started getting sloppy and stopped in a Virginia dealership. Just didn't feel right and had no idea about issue. Tech said it's a common problem and have an upgraded replacement kit and was a warranty item.
Thank you for the info. The replacement shaft and arm we purchased seemed to be higher quality.
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It happend to me I rode 2end gear to the harley shop... they fixed it prolly 80$ all harley davidson parts... luckily I was under warranty... 2015 road glide..
In 1983 going downhill rural Wi. I was looking to downshift and found out the shifter fell off.
Locktite everything and make sure your brakes are in excellent working order!
This failed on mine today, on the way to work.(2014 Street Glide Special). Had to stop twice and mess with it but was able to get to work and home.Went to Harley as soon as I got home and bought shifter shaft & shifter shaft lever all good now....
That sucks! Glad to hear you got it fixed.
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15' SGS mine went out at midnight 50miles from home at about 14,000 miles. I now carry a spare shaft and arm in my saddle bag in case I or another club member need one. Approaching 50,000 miles with no other issues.
I always use two hands when working my shaft.
Your calling this a Harley part failing, I feel this is caused from not maintaining your bike, if the bolts were kept tight (maintained) it couldn’t strip the spline. If you had road the Harley of the 70’s wrenching or keeping things tight was something everyone did and should still do to not have these issues that you call “ Harley’s faulty parts”
People just want to ride their bikes now and complain if you have to work on it!
Actually it has nothing to do with keeping the bolt tight. That certainly helps it last, but the splines will still wear out even with the bolt tight. It's a defect in the product. Seen it many times. Thanks for watching.
2014 flhtp. I'm currently in the process of changing all of mine out. It became extremely loose this past season, and it's time to freshen it up with all new parts.
This happened to me two years ago on my 11' RG Ultra with 22k miles.
Today (7/23/23) the rear shift arm came off. I got it back on and kept a little pressure on the toe shifter to get back home.
Wish I would have known about your channel back then, but you just taught me that I need to replace the linkage arm and what I need to do to fix my rear shift arm. Thank you.
Funny that in 5 years I never had problems with my 09' Kawasaki Nomad 1700, so far I have had these issues and had to replace the ABS module. My riding friend told me that was a far superior bike....but it isn't a Harley.😆
The shaft is made to wear out. So that it’s replaced before the splines inside wear and you have to tear it apart. If it wears out while you’re on the road a quick “temp” fix is to take a beer (or coke ) can ,rip a small piece of Metal off,tightly wrap around shaft ,slide lever on and tighten down.
@@adamjohnson1502 why can’t critical parts like this just be made to last?
I have a 2015 Road Glide. Mine failed, I think in 2017. Was close to home. I keep a spare now.
We keep a spare with us too! It's a smart idea.
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1999 electro glide I hope I have it fixed.
2014 ultra, and yep it has happened to this chick biker, glad I had tools with me.
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FIRST OF ALL ,,THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS VIDEO!! I have a 2014 Road King &am. having the finding neutral problem right now. After watch a couple of videos about the" neutral " problem I found yours & now I have the confidence that I can do the job myself . Just now watching the video again & seeing how much play Lurch es heal toe shifter had it it.I stepped into the garage to check mine ,any it barley has any slack at all ,but it is in first gear.I ordered the shift lever and shaft ,and hope that takes care of the problem. THANKS AGAIN!!!!!
Happened on my 2009 Street Glide in WY between Sheridan and Gillette. Limped into Deluxe H-D in Gillette for a road repair.
I have a 2014 Harley. Davidson, limited. Driving down the road shaft and shifter completely stopped. It was sloppy. I thought the bolts were loose nope. Head to go home, shifting with my hand down the freeway stuck in a traffic jam. Just lovely but I repaired it after watching your video. You guys rock.
This happened to my 2014 Ultra Limited at about 40K miles. After replacing with a new shaft (because the splines were worn), I switched places with the toe and heel shifters because the splines on the inside of the toe shifter were also worn. Can't do this type of position swap with my '19 Limited because the shifter were changed when the M8 models rolled out. Thanks for the reminder to check torque values.
I just picked up a 2017 Iron 883. Bike runs great and does everything I need for Intown use. Was watching this video on UA-cam and went and checked my shift lever. It was Loose as hell and already working its way off. Probably would have fallen off on my next ride and I would have been stranded. Thank you and I appreciate that you're looking out for your fellow Riders
Mine popped off on the way home from work last week. I was able to repair on the road side. I then bought a higher grade bolt added blue loctite to the threads and anti seize to the washer base and torqued the crap out of it. Best part is we just returned from a 3600 mile trip without any problems.
Yep. Returning home to NY from Kentucky, in the middle of Pennsylvania, my 2015 Roadglide with 1700 miles just failed to shift. No warning, just stuck in 4th gear. Pulled into a Quick Fill and looked bike over. My toe/heel shifter lever was flopping around and thought to myself, "this can't be good." and I was right! Called AAA, waited 3 hours for the flat bed tow truck, me and the wife rode with the driver 92 miles to the Harley shop. Luckily they were open until 7pm, we got there at 5:30. The shop had to pirate the parts off an existing bike, 1/2 hour later we were on our way. Hats off to "Larry's Harley Davidson" in Pennsylvania on Rt.6 , they really helped us out. Hope this helps anyone in this situation.
Happened twice on my 2015 Road King. Used a zip tie to offset the spline and let it grab the teeth an 1/8" over, since the teeth didn't get worn where they cover the groove. Got us 1500 miles home from the Keys.
Also happened on my 09 road king, kinda wish I was permanently morooned in the keys!
Had this problem with my 2011 road king
Ok so my brother in law s 2003 Ultra Classic/ him and my sister going around a bend he goes to shift and the WHOLE shifter assembly was missing!!!! The shaft X2 shifter leavers the lot the little bolt at the back of the shaft had come out that holds the shaft ,shift leavers through the casting but thankfully a biker in his truck and his old lady saw it on the road and handed it back! I have a 2014 Streetglide Shrine , I like the one shift leaver so took the back heel shifter off( I was also told people bangng down hard on the rear shifter can strip out the shaft splines) I digress. My problem was the transmission shaft /leaver the one off of the gearbox right side looking at the bike) The bolt is stuck way down to where you can hardly see it ( something that HD has rectified with the M8 motor. I asked a HD mechanic to check how tight the Allen bolt was. Well this turd goes in with a Allen wrenches with a ball on the end( a no no ) and rounds the hole in the bolt out!!!😠. I had to take it to a HD master mechanic who by a miracle got the bolt out and replaced it . If he hadn't of gotten the bolt out the whole primary would have had to come off just to get to the transmission Leaver bolt with a bill for labour you wouldn't want to know. SO CHECK the Shifter shaft bolts AND the TRANSMISSION LEAVER bolt that being the more expensive to replace if you strip the shaft out !
It happened on my 99
first you should have had some 70s disco playing in the background when you starting talking about Lurches shaft lol,
On my '05 FLH i had the rod go bad in the middle of Vermont, used wire ties to hold it together till i got back to NY and the "Shaft" :-) went bad locally but i was able to lock down on it in an off angle and get it home, thanks for the video , very informative
(2011 FLHTC) Happened to me on the Kancamagus Highway in the White Mountains NH. Sucked. Luckily I had some basic tools in my saddlebag to hold the spline (barely) back together into the shifter arm, then we putted over to a nearby Harley dealer. Installing a new shift linkage now as well.
Had this happen to me on my 2006 Road King today, just turned 23,000 mi. Was lucky, 15 miles from home. Got it in 3 gear and back roads. Picked up the shaft, however the shift link is back ordered till November. Ordered an aftermarket. Do you have a vid on most important critical connection points on a bike? Great job!
The shifter mechanism is such a weak link. Anyone needing part numbers and the specialty tools for the entire shifter mechanism it’s on my channel. They didn’t change it for 34 years 1982-2022 FL touring
Man, every video on this subject is with forward controls. I need to see how it's done with mid controls on a 2021 Softail standard fxst 😢
Had the problem with my 03 CVO ROADKING at 20k miles. Have a 95 ROADKING @ 60k miles no problem.
Happened to me on my 2005 ultra classic, shifter arm bolt came loose. i was about 30 miles from home, hand shifted into second gear and took a slow ride home, best fix for this is to use a longer bolt with a nylock on the other side to keep it in position so the bolt doesnt work itself out
My 2014 Ultra Limited just failed this weekend. Amazingly it happend at the end of 146 mile ride! I was able to make it home initially the rear shifter was still working and then nothing, came down my strett in 3rd gear and drifted into my driveway! Very blessed. Now I'm watching vidoes like yours about this common probelm!
This happened to my son's 2012 street glide and my brothers 2011 limited, I didn't have this problem on my 2013 Ultra Classic because I was warned about witch bolts to check everytime I do my service but I did have the bushings on the primary housing where the shaft goes through wear out witch made the whole shifter assembly to rattle really bad but that's an easy fix if you have the right tool to change the two $2 bearings, I think the bearing puller cost me about $60 takes about 10 minutes to fix that problem
Hey Dean where did you buy the bearing puller? I may have the same problem.
Jim's Tool from Dennis Kirk
Yep,I think that's it
@@stitch7967 thanks
if you're watching this in 2024: Look at the Head Hoggers shifter shaft bushing!!! You're welcome
Yes we had the same thing on my wife's 2013 street glide. I had replaced the bolt from the first frailer this did not fix the problem, just moved it down the road for about one year. Yesterday about 200 miles from home it failed again. I got it back together then fell off 17 miles from home.... Got it back on with a GOOD CROSS TREAD no Loctite, made it home with minimal shifting... Loose as a Goose! all of the parts are on the ground next step is to call HD for parts availability. Thanks for the VID.
2004 Softail fatboy flstfi...
2004 electra glide classic. I caught the problem before a failure. But replace the shaft, the armature, and the linkage.
I ditched the heel shifter, which I think makes this problem worse. I also replaced the crappy ball and socket connectors with heim joints. The rear linkage is a real pain if it wears. You need to remove the primary to gain clearance. I went with a Beueller's Better Lever. which has a bolt on both sides rather than just one pinch bolt. Real quality product that has served me well. My bike is an 04.
This happened to me this past weekend.
Henry Ford said it best you'll never get rich selling cars but you will get rich selling car parts! Vocabulary term for this is planned obsolescence. I have a 2015 street glide cvo and it has happened a few times. Bought it in 2019 with 3200 miles and is now sitting with almost 75000. Having had this problem with my last street glide ( 2013) i carried bailing wire ( quick fix) moved from that to a long bolt ( replaced the short one at the top of the arm connecting the linkage) set up to just swap because in my experience it seems that its always the spline shaft that fails! So much so that I have now just put a spare in my bag so when it dose fail again I will use the bolt setup to get me too where im going without much downtime and replace the shaft when I get there! There is a bushing inside that iner primary case as well that may be the reason for slop in the system and even with new parts will cause an accelerated failure!
Had this happen 2 days ago on fwy. 2017 road glide. Thanks for your help tired of getting taken advantage of cause I’m a female. So now I’m learning more about my bike and doing it my self thanks to videos like yours much appreciated 🙏🏽
Yes happened to me
2012 ultra classic street glide
Cheers Tim
Nanaimo BC
I just drove an hour and 20 minutes luckily I was way out Washington county I was able to buy a pair of vice grips and a junkie shifted at home 2014 Street glide
I had this problem with my electra glide cvo 2011 with 33000 miles this summer. Manage to tighten the back bolt to return home. Going to the dealer tomorrow to replace shaft and arm as they show bad wear. Thanks for video. Very helpful.
Happened to my bike i have a 1985 kawasaki vulcan VN700 very rare bike very hard to find parts 😢 only has 16,000 original miles 😭
This happened to me 15 mins off the showroom floor on a new 2021 road glide special. And of course it was 8 PM, the dealer had just closed and I was about 25 miles from home on the 5 freeway. Glad I carry a roadside repair kit everywhere I go!
Great heads up Ryan, 2009 Street Glide I check it at ever oil change and when taking a trip I always carry a spare linkage arm. You never know! Additionally when taking off the shifter arms make a little mark wth a Sharpie on the shaft so you know where it was located when reinstalling.
2007 RoadKing "IT HAPPEN!!!"
Didn't see it coming. Lucky 6-blocks from home When this happen. ( Mentally shocked!!!)
Just happened to my 2013 St Glide.
Just got on the thruway in NY and it failed!
Got home shifting by hand. Thanks for the video.
2009 Street Glide has failed on me twice before. This time, I'm replacing the whole front half; shaft, arm, linkage and retaining screw.
My brother as a FLHTK 2014 and as 95,000 km on it and just notice that his is extremely loose (16 September 2013)
I have the FLHTK 2016 and as a bit of loose at 84,000 km
I have stumbled upon this video after dealing with not one, but two failures of the same sort.
this was preceded by two other failures of just the shifter shaft.
allow me to get into some detail.
I bought a first edition FLXH streetglide in late 2005 after convincing Bill Davidson at LOVE RIDE that the murdered out cholo bikes was the next thing harley should do.
I always wanted a bagger but couldn't deal with the "shriner" look.
so after Bill and myself wandered around the staging area, Robert Patrick was in our group as well, I told Bill emphatically that if he/they atarted reducing the chrome on baggers, I would buy the first one in SD. Bill really dug the murdered-out, smoothed-out baggers that were all over the event.
sure enough, a few years later, my limited edition FATBOY was stolen and as my soul recovered, the dealer called and said, "hey, the bike you wanted, it's here."
so, flush with the insurance pay-off for the limited edition FATBOY I went to check it out.
well, damn if they didn't nail it. in 2005, the 2006 streetglide first-edition was so far away from the "shriner" look, I fell in love.
after ahout 8 years, in 2013, I was on my way back from Coachella to SD, the shifter shaft just broke off. clean break near the left side of the shaft. I managed to stop the actual shifters from spinning off into the desert near scissors crossing west of Borrego.
after a few minutes on the side of the road is was obvious it wasn't repairable.
so I taught my 15 year old daughter (passenger) how to use the clutch. after a few mins, she nailed it and off we went, I would lean hard into the tank, she would stand on the pegs, grab the clutch, pull it in, and I would reach down, and hand shift the bike all the way up the grade to julian. at 4,200 ft and tons of twisties.
in julian we called a tow-truck, had it repaired at the dealer then it happened again about 5 years later. not a spline issue at all. just a staight break.
only with my daughter handling the clutching duties was it easier to get the bike back to the dealer for parts and repair.
since then, i've had two issues with the splines going bad.. I think it''s a shifter shaft issue from 2005/6 they must have changed the design and now it doesn't do a clean break, it was weak metal and the splines are rendered useless.
last week, spline issues, both shifters landed on the freeway and are gone forever. so two spline issues, two shifter shaft issues. total, about $500 in parts, time and repairs.
I await a rear extended heel shifter, due to arrive next week and the bike has over 102,000 miles on it as I type. oh, the first engine went into internal meltdown at 66,000 miles.
i'm hope it makes in to 130,000 miles.
any questions? hit me back. btw in 2006, the touring engines were 88s..... imagine that.