I ordered one of the levers from ebay for $20 (free shipping) but I'm going to see if I can get the shaft from my local dealership (not the way it sounds). I'd rather an OEM one rather than aftermarket just to be sure the tolerances aren't minutely off to see if I can get away without replacing the bushings first.

This is the tool though for replacing the bushings. The tool mfg says that the life of the bushings are about 20k miles so might be worth doing it anyway.

 

got the parts at the local Dealer. The shaft was $22. I could've got one for $12 on Amazon but aftermarket. Probably no difference but I'd rather support the locals and eliminate any possible tolerance differences

 

While you have it apart, think about drilling a hole in the case boss and installing a grease fittiing. I did mine. It's not something that I can give any proof of extending the bushing's life, but it made me feel good. :grin

 

And our shift lever bushing is nylon IIRC. But yeah I just used some marine grease last time I had mine apart.

 

Dab of Never-Seez goes a long way.

 

In a stick...[/Jeff Dunham]

 

Never-Seez on the shaft and tighten the lever Allen bolts as tight as ya can. While you're at it retighten the trans shift arm bolt too, crank it down another 1/2 turn.

 

81k miles on mine. no grease. shaft to bushing clearance about a quarter of an inch. i think this winter i should replace em. damn grease worms ate em up.:smile

 

The lever got here yesterday and the tool today. I should've done it tonight when it was cool but didn't. Doubt I'll get to it before next week now, supposed to be getting some high heat. Not looking forward to that.

 

Good ole Harley. My 2000 FLH came with a rear brake pedal shaft grease fitting, a steering neck bearing fitting as well as a shifter shaft fitting! My last two rushmores have nothing.

 

Finally got around to replacing the shaft, bushings and front lever tonight. Took about a half hour and no issues. The new lever though has a metric bolt so I'm not liking that. Its OK for the $20 it cost but I was expecting OEM.

 

just bought a lever from a 2015 Softtail, same part number for $20 on ebay. I prefer to have an OEM HD part on there with all the same size screws. I'll eat the $20 for the other one or put it up for chump change

 

FYI in same area. Kick stand has bronze bushings. Mine were broken, replaced same and lubed. No special tools required. Something to look at.

 

Your shifter pegs don't match! :eek

 

They didn't before either. The front one wore out before and I got a new one from HD and they gave me one just like the one on the metric, though SAE. I suppose I could use the old one on the rear to make them match but I'm not too concerned. I'll have to price a new OEM front one this week that might come with a full rubber one, not sure.

 

The new(er) lever came today. Great shape, but a couple surprises. I'm assuming though its the result of an updated part. The part number 33895-82E is the same for my 2002 Road King Classic. I thought I could just swap in the old bolt not present in the new one. No go though, the newer one requires one much larger. The closest I could find was a 5/16 - 18 x 3/4. At least it will be all SAE. Odd too that they beefed up the bolt but reduced the thickness of the lever.
Jim

 

Big Dirty Thumbs Up. Some anti seize on shaft before sliding on levers, no more rust issues.