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CA77 Shift Shaft Spline size

randioury
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CA77 Shift Shaft Spline size

Post by randioury » Fri Jan 22, 2016 6:59 pm

I'm getting super frustrated trying to find the correct shift lever/pedal for my 1961 Dream Touring 305. Literally all the replacement stock shafts on ebay and all the restoration parts site only have one spline size: 0.400" more or less. Oddly, my shaft measure O.D. 0.500 more or less. What gives? Was there a larger shaft on the earlier models? Randi

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Post by G-Man » Sat Jan 23, 2016 8:05 am

Welcome to the forum.

Interesting. I recall the early shafts being a different length but did not know they were a different diameter....

I'll go check some.

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Re: CA77 Shift Shaft Spline size

Post by LOUD MOUSE » Sat Jan 23, 2016 9:46 am

Are you able to send pics?
If you can I'd like to see a pic of the outside of the clutch cover and the end of the shaft which you say is large. .....................lm
randioury wrote:I'm getting super frustrated trying to find the correct shift lever/pedal for my 1961 Dream Touring 305. Literally all the replacement stock shafts on ebay and all the restoration parts site only have one spline size: 0.400" more or less. Oddly, my shaft measure O.D. 0.500 more or less. What gives? Was there a larger shaft on the earlier models? Randi

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Post by jensey » Sat Jan 23, 2016 4:04 pm

Hi,

Here a long and short version

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Post by G-Man » Sat Jan 23, 2016 4:50 pm

Jensen

Are the spline diameters different? Difficult to tell from the photograph.

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Update on shift shaft diameter

Post by randioury » Sat Jan 23, 2016 7:04 pm

It's pretty difficult to understand the original shop manual for the bikes as the Jap's wrote English as poorly as they spoke it....just sayin....

One thing I saw in one of the chapters was that some Dreams had what they are referring to as a "rotary" style transmission. Also saw shift lever I.D. spec of around 0.680, not the 0.400" I'm finding everywhere. I'm starting to think I have one of these supposed rotary transmissions. Please continue to provide feedback you guys. I sure need it. And I still need a shift lever that will fit. Thanks guys.

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Re: Update on shift shaft diameter

Post by LOUD MOUSE » Sat Jan 23, 2016 7:34 pm

Do you have one of the 2 shown.
Give us some feed so we can help better. ....................lm

randioury wrote:It's pretty difficult to understand the original shop manual for the bikes as the Jap's wrote English as poorly as they spoke it....just sayin....

One thing I saw in one of the chapters was that some Dreams had what they are referring to as a "rotary" style transmission. Also saw shift lever I.D. spec of around 0.680, not the 0.400" I'm finding everywhere. I'm starting to think I have one of these supposed rotary transmissions. Please continue to provide feedback you guys. I sure need it. And I still need a shift lever that will fit. Thanks guys.

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