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Old 01-25-2013, 09:23 AM
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Getting rid of the shift lever slop.

When I got my Superhawk about a week ago the first thing I noticed was the slop in the shift lever and the day after I brought it home I shimmed it and decided to go take some pictures and document what I did.


You'll need the following besides tools...
- O-Ring that will fit around the shoulder of the bolt.
- Washer with an outside diameter roughly the same as the shoulder or the bolt. (I had to drill the washer I had on hand out slightly.)

Now first things first, remove the bolt holding the shift lever and this is what we have.
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What we will now do is slip the o-ring over the shoulder and the washer over the threaded part of the bolt like so. Make sure to grease it all so there is no chance of binding.

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Now bolt everything back up and enjoy slop free shifting!


So far I have almost 300 miles on this setup and it's holding up fine. Hope it helps someone out.
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No, no, no, no, you're doing it wrong. You're supposed to join the forum and ask a bunch of already answered questions, then post a poll of which years the CCT's failed. Not add a concise and helpful thread with appropriate length videos properly embedded to boot!

Try again!
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Your suppose to "ASK WHAT OIL ,EVERYONE USES"... M.21091- I sure am glad that 7moore7 responded.. and not SOME of the more grumpy members....
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Originally Posted by 1971allchaos
Your suppose to "ASK WHAT OIL ,EVERYONE USES"... M.21091- I sure am glad that 7moore7 responded.. and not SOME of the more grumpy members....
There you go talking about me again.....
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Old 01-25-2013, 11:56 AM
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So then I'll start off with oil, I use a combo consisting of canola, olive, and grill drippings that's been perfectly formulated to gunk like sludge and lubricate like water.

Really thanks for the compliment. Next up will be re-purposing an old fanny pack as a tail bag. (Seriously, no sarcasm here.)
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Hey with that introduction, who's grumpy, huh?!
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as soon as we are done with the oil discussion we can move on to the fastest colour discussion....
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