[craigsfiero2007]

bumping this thread.

so yoshimura sent me a new rod that is the actual correctly threaded part. i checked with the lock nuts on my old shifter rod. my problem now is getting the old rod off of the linkage ends. it is completely seized and i cannot get them out. used pb blaster and everything. anyone else running into the same issue?

Spray a good amount of PB Blaster on there and let it sit for 20-30 minutes before you start trying to wrench on it. I read one of your older threads and it sounds like you cross threaded it on there. If it is cross threaded (I am pretty sure it is), then you need to wipe down the area that you sprayed PB Blaster on and get a torch and heat up the threads some and then try to back it out. Be easy with it when you are trying to back it out the rod, you could snap it off at the threads and then thats a whole other process.

 

[craigsfiero2007]

crisis averted! i let the pb sit a little longer and took off the shift lever. i was able to turn it until the lever side came off, and throw on 2 spare nuts locked together to back out the transmission end. miraculously, the revised rod threaded into the linkages smoothly, and i was able to use the factory lock nuts perfectly. i thought my bike would be down, but everything came together nicely afterall

Awesome! PB Blaster is an actual Metal Penetrator, so sometimes it needs a little time to work. WD-40 isn't a real penetrator, more of a softener. PB Blaster is the best. I am glad you were able to save everything, could've been a much worse (expensive) situation.