Is it possible to change the shift lever on the transmission without taking the primary or the trans. out on a 2002 road king. I know the later models you can.
I have never been able to. Have always taken off inner primary cover.
Unfortunately XLFAN is right, off it comes. Buy a Baker Truss lever and then you should never have to do it again.
Some have gotten in there with a Dremel or similar to cut the old one out, then installed a new two piece unit.
It's called Better Lever, but it's $260!. Not even sure if it's available any more, website is still up.
Quote from: Hossamania on April 24, 2025, 12:36:20 PMSome have gotten in there with a Dremel or similar to cut the old one out, then installed a new two piece unit.
It's called Better Lever, but it's $260!. Not even sure if it's available any more, website is still up.
I would rather pull two inner primary covers then cut a shifter off in that tight space.
Those guys at better lever have people conned into thinking that removing an inner primary cover is rocket science.
$250 for a shifter lever is absurd.
Pull the inner primary cover and replace the shift lever, the most important thing to remember is keep that bolt tight, check it as regular maintenance.
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:chop: any pics?
Have a better lever on my 97 flht paid around 100 over 5 yrs. ago. Still tight but not worth 250 bucks.
I was pretty sure that the primary had to come off and i'm not going to get in there with a dremel and I know he's not going to put $250 out for the shifter. So he'll have to wait till i'm unbusy. Thanks for the input!
Use the Search feature on the site. There is a suggested workaround with the loose leaver used by members that sometimes works well. It involves using a different fastener that will take more torque hense getting a better squeeze if it's not too wallowed out.
The fix for me was to put green loctite on the splines, It's a bit hard to get it off again but worth not having to worry about it... :bike:
loctite is the solution for everything on a Harley.
Quote from: RoadKingKohn on April 24, 2025, 07:38:26 PMloctite is the solution for everything on a Harley.
Blue is my glue. Been using blue loctite sparingly on every bolt I assemble on motorcycles since the 70s. Red where the manual calls for it only. :nix: Works for me. Bob
Not really practical (if even possible) with primary on Replace lever & use grade 8 hex bolt instead of Allen head one. That way you can get some serious torque on it.
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I fitted the steel Baker . Primary was off