Shifter came loose
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Shifter came loose
Pulled off the interstate, trying to downshift and couldn't find the shifter...looked down and seen the shifter laying down, on top of the floorboard...pulled over and realized that it had unscrewed itself ( at the tranny end) over the 7k km i have on the bike now. Noticed some type of white compound on the threads, which most likely is thread locker from the factory.
Pulled out my tools and got is back in place. Will take it out again to apply my kind of thread locker.
Another thing for you guys to check!
Pulled out my tools and got is back in place. Will take it out again to apply my kind of thread locker.
Another thing for you guys to check!
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White powdery residue is threadlocker. Lots of posts here this past few months about shift levers getting loose, or even worse failing or falling off. I know I was made aware about it here, and low and behold, it happened to me. It's a simple re-tighten with an allen. Just another one of those things to check when going over the bike periodically.
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+1....got in the habit of "kicking" mine back on every once in a while as it seemed to constantly work itself off regardless of how tight I got the allen screw. Couple drops of red locktite and problem gone. Tried blue....it would only last a week or so before it started working off again.
Steve O!
Steve O!