Thats what they make tools for. The shifter levers, both front and rear, can be taken of the spline shaft and put back on at a slightly different angle. This can allow the toe of larger boots to get under the front shifter and reduce the height of the rear shifter so you dont have to raise your heel so high. Just make sure you have adequate clearance for the full travell range of the shifter before you lock it back down.

 

At first I thought about removing my heel shifter, but now I like it. I would like to know where I could get longer floorboards to fit my size 13s. The HD extended boards are still too small.

 

Try these guys out: http://www.bubbasbrake.com/xcart/pro...252&page=1

 

I'm getting ready to remove mine....had the back of my pant leg caught on it one to many times.

 

I wasn't wearing my steel toed boots yesterday. I'll have to see how it is with them without the heel shifter. Hopefully okay without moving the shifter. I didn't even think about that...

 

I switched out my shifters for extended shifters from Baker Custom: http://www.bakercustominc.com/
I won't change back. They work for me. I really like the heel shift.
As Stache mentioned you need to select the right "angle" to install the shifter on the splined shaft. But once you get it right, it's cool.

mjh

 

I cant loose mine either, what I did do was add some floorbaord extenders, this gave me the space I needed (about and extra 1/2 to 3/4" out) and I didnt have to give up my little friend

 

My pant legs kept getting stuck on my heel shifter.
At first, I just rotated the heel shifter down to just above the floor-board.
When my pants still got stuck...got rid of the heel shifter all together.
I've had a heel shifter ona prev bike and enjoyed it, but had not pant-leg problems.

As already mentioned here - those with bigger boots can just rotate the toe shifter up.

Got this shaft cover from HD. Looks good and no problems.
http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_US

 

I was trying to get the shifter tip off yesterday on the toe shifter and couldn't Guess I'll have to take the shifter off to get it off. I gotta get a new shifter tip and some floorboard covers...

 

More than likely there is loctite on it. You may need to remove the shifter and use a heat gun to get it loose. Be carefull not to break the damn thing off in the hole, unless you want to upgrade shifters too.