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[cossack]

fired up my FXSTSSE 2 for a ride and when I tried to select first.... fckn nothing.
jumped off and found that the gear lever just flopped back and forth freely.
a couple of people have suggested it might be a broken spring.
rang our 2 Harley shops, around the $800 AU to replace the spring.
Does this require clutch and gearbox removal to get to the spring?
Any special tools etc required ?
Maybe youtube would have some info.
thanks boys
bike has done 29500 km's

[262 CVO 16]

Did some "Google-ing", this is what I found on another forum.  Sorry about your luck on this one... 

http://www.hdforums.com/forum/evo-classic-models/997284-how-to-replace-broken-shifter-pawl-spring.html

[prodrag1320]

primary & trans with trap door have to come off,a nothing fix price wise if you DIY,but it is a lot of work

[FlaHeatWave]

It is much more common for the external shift linkage to strip out somewhere.

[Eqcons]

fired up my FXSTSSE 2 for a ride and when I tried to select first.... fckn nothing.
jumped off and found that the gear lever just flopped back and forth freely.
a couple of people have suggested it might be a broken spring.
rang our 2 Harley shops, around the $800 AU to replace the spring.
Does this require clutch and gearbox removal to get to the spring?
Any special tools etc required ?
Maybe youtube would have some info.
thanks boys
bike has done 29500 km's

Are you sure it's not stripped splines on the lever?   That's pretty common....

[coloradotom]

I helped my father in law do this to his bike and it is a gigantic pain in the ass. $3 part and a LOT of labor. If you are not comfortable completely gutting the transmission, best to let a shop do it.

But like Heat Wave said, the shaft - or if you are extremely lucky the shift lever, strip out sometimes and that is easy to check.

Good luck.

[cossack]

thanks for the replies boys.
checked the link, spline was tight.
pretty sure it's internal.
been told it could be 6-8 hours labour.
might be a job for the Harley Stealers

[grc]

thanks for the replies boys.
checked the link, spline was tight.
pretty sure it's internal.
been told it could be 6-8 hours labour.
might be a job for the Harley Stealers

It's a much bigger job than it should be, especially for anyone without the proper tools and facilities like a nice lift table.  Having a pro do it would be my choice, but that doesn't necessarily mean you have to let a Harley dealership bend you over and have their way with you.  Get a firm estimate from the dealership, then see what the local independent shops will charge to do the same thing.

Jerry

[cossack]

not a broken spring, but, surprise surprise HD quality failure.
the weld around the shaft only held about 60 ', not the 360 '
mechanic said " that he has seen this problem a few times "
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[cossack]

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[cossack]

35081-06 Shifter Mechanism has been put in, but I've found that it is impossible to get neutral and changing gears seems a little harder ( not as smooth ). Any ideas ?

[coloradotom]

35081-06 Shifter Mechanism has been put in, but I've found that it is impossible to get neutral and changing gears seems a little harder ( not as smooth ). Any ideas ?

Did you adjust the clutch & primary chain yet? Overfilling the primary will do this too.

[cossack]

I did bleed the clutch ( I thought the mechanic would of done this )
what I did notice was a small blockage, then a flow of black/brown chit before clear oil flowed.
it seemed to fix the problem.
thanks boys