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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BigredGrizzly" data-source="post: 212204" data-attributes="member: 4538">Hi Fellas... Tomorrow is my birthday! I turn 42! Holy shit! Where have the years gone?? My dad always told me... One day you are going to wake up.. and your 50 years old. Then he always added, I hope... Just to snap me back to reality as I thought, 50 is a long ways away... A life long dream of mine has been to have a riding/Motocross relationship with my son. I got a later start in life with kids than I wanted but I am fortunate to have two normal (pains in the ass), healthy kids. I remain healthy enough to be able to ride as well. I'm just a lot more sore than I used to be. Anyway... To turn this post back to my motorcycle.... I received a gift today from my wife. In the mail came a box addressed to me. So I opened it. In the box was coolant hoses.. Silicone and blue. I remembered browsing this but I didn't remember purchasing them. My wife saw me with them and said those are for your birthday tomorrow... Nice surprise... I couldn't wait though so I drained the coolant and installed them. <img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170324/24243fe91633632e2927caf68383148a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170324/e39f3ac2c4f0de81ffbc8820501c4209.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />My kids are getting me a Hammerhead shifter and a Tusk axle tightener. So I thought I would remove the shifter so when I get the new one all I have to do is put it on. Well... once I did it appeared the shift shaft is bent out side the case. It appears to have a slight bend towards the rear of the bike. The shifting is operating fine so I don't feel the immediate need to put in a new one. The job itself looks pretty easy. I think it can be done by just removing the clutch cover and the clutch basket. Worst case would be having to remove the outer cover. Again... not a big deal.... My question is though... Will that slight bend make it impossible to pull out? I'm thinking I may have to use a cut off wheel and cut it as close to the case as possible. That scares me though. I'm just going to leave it alone I think...<img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170324/929cef8bfe56ac8e5e13d39e2a1c41c7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170324/608be5ffc506ce29c1c9a57da4b95e04.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170324/e5281de47cf8ea1fcad38aa7496a00e9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />I also removed the rear brake foot pedal and cleaned and greased the articulation point. [emoji1303]</blockquote>

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