Running 70 down the highway and went to downshift as I came into town and found that my shifter linkage on the motor-side of the primary was completely disengaged from the spline. Nothing was broke, damaged or missing; just got loose and vibrated off the shaft. A little roadside wrenching in the supermarket parking lot got her all back together.

This was a factory connection that came loose. I put 65K on my '07 and never had this problem; nor have any of my riding buddies. I (and them) have had plenty of other items vibrate loose though. Gonna blue loctite all the hardware this weekend.

 

Welcome to the club. Long thread already on this subject. Tightener up and hit the road. No big deal.

 

I would Red loctite it. That's not something you're going to remove anytime soon.

 

Had this happen back in 2015, (2014 Ultra Classic) , I didn't get the chance to tighten up the shifter- the whole shaft and shifter worked its way out Bummer but Oh well Good luck TR

 

While you're at it, check and make sure your jiffy stand bolt is tight. Rushmore models...

 

My wife on one of her first outing on her Sporty 1200 had the shifter linkage bolt (motor side) vibrate out and when we came to a turn the pedal dropped and landed on her highway bar. I carry a multi-tool for such things. The great part was that the bolt was still there and was able to do a roadside fix and get back to having a nice ride.
The cool thing was this is my wife's first bike and has just learned to ride she handled the situation like a pro she did not panic and just pulled over to stop and that was it. I ran over and fixed it and we left.

 

Mine came off going 50 and was able to retrieve it. Just bought some used chrome/rubber shifter pegs and when it came off, just the rear one. I went to Signature Harley in Toledo, although I didn't buy it there, they replaced the lever and the shaft and even gave me a new shifter peg.

 

Interestingly! A few day's ago I started my 2015 Limited with 2000 miles up and attempted to put it into gear when the shifter fell off. I removed the shifter shaft and discovered the allen bolt was loose allowing the shaft was loose. The bolt had grooved the shaft splines. I removed the shifter's and turned the shaft upside down and reattached the shaft and bolt using blue Loctite, I should have used red Loctite as mentioned in an earlier post. It seems to me a very poor design. Thanks to a search I received a lot of good info.

 

+1 on Signature Harley, mine stripped on a Friday afternoon . . . as I pulled in my driveway! Signature had the parts (shaft and arm) and I got there just before closing, and we went to Ohio Bike Week later that night. Among 4 or 5 other trips over there that week.

 

Bummer but those things happen. I used to tighten the bolts now and then but forgot............for years.

Normal maintenance stuff I guess.

Lost a few things here and there but nothing critical.

Like what was already said mate, tighten 'er up and go!

BTW, welcome to HDF!

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