https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...ift-lever.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...ift-shaft.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...he-tranny.html
A few threads on the problem...

 

Hey TUCCI..thanks for all them links!

Moco must be using Chinese thread locker....
Wonder what'll fall off the bike next....hope it's not me.

 

Yeah, no big deal.
If you run both the toe and heel shifters, you can take the heel shifter off and put it on as a toe shifter, then ride home with no problems.

 

Basically what i did...Yes. ...Nothing dangerous about pulling the clutch and costing or breaking to a stop.
Some guys are talking about a allen-key to fasten it. Mine takes a 7/16 wrench.

 

Unfortunately this happened to me apparently while riding with my feet on the highway pegs and I lost both heel and toe shifters as well as the shaft. I was within 30 miles of home ending a 12,000 mile ride to the Arctic Circle with no bike problems until then. Ran into traffic on I-10 and went to downshift and nothing there but floor board. Stopped and hand shifted into third and rode home on back roads. I had last shifted when entering I-10 after gassing up about 80 miles earlier. I did not go back and look for the parts on my crippled bike after 34 days of steady riding. Spent about $150 for the replacement parts. Still a good trip. Chit happens.