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luv2ride
02-15-2013, 06:57 PM
Ok. Like many on here I've looked at the $32.95 plus shipping brass bushings on ebay for the brake and shifter. No way was I paying that. I went to lowes today and bought a 5/8 o.d.x 1/2 i.d. x 1" brass bushing and cut it in half. Then I used a Dremel and a drum sander to open the hole in my shifter lever enough to press it in. Then I used a drill bit the same size as the bolt that holds it to the primary to allow the steel sleeve/bushing that goes into that and reamed the brass just a bit, and voila!!! She is tight and very, very solid now in the shifts. Harley still has the plastic ones for $4.10 ea. but I have $2.86 in my fix. Hahahaha.
luv2ride
02-15-2013, 06:59 PM
One more thing. The bushing I got isn't flanged so once you bolt it down, you'll notice the bushing pressing out about a 16th or so. I used a washer with a hole big enough to go over that and smaller ones to back up against it between it and the bolt head. I'm telling you all, this thing freaking rules.
luv2ride
02-16-2013, 03:28 PM
EDIT: I used a bit the size of the BEARING/SLEEVE that goes into the shift lever and cleaned it up some. THEN, I bolted it all up. Tried to test her out just a min ago but stupid thing is so cold natured now I'm on one cylinder. Gotta get hotter plugs!!!
Macbuell
02-16-2013, 07:17 PM
pics?
luv2ride
02-17-2013, 06:40 PM
I'll post in a day or two.I need to put some loctite on the bolt since it loosened up a bit tooling around on it today. Basically it looks as it always did except where the O.E.M. plastic bushings were, I pushed in a brass one. It's thicker than the stock one so I reamed the shifter lever hole some. Then, to get the other bushing through that, I drilled it out some. I'll do my best to post pics. Man it feels really crisp with zero wobble now.
luv2ride
02-18-2013, 07:15 PM
http://www.buellxb.com/buell_images/15464_20130218130436_L.jpg
luv2ride
02-18-2013, 07:17 PM
http://www.buellxb.com/buell_images/15464_20130218130304_L.jpg
luv2ride
02-18-2013, 07:18 PM
That's it in a nutshell. Just open the shift arm maybe .002-.003 thousandths with a drum sander on a Dremel tool and push in the brass sleeve. Then install the other parts as usual. ENJOY!!!!!