Are you familiar with the ball and socket connection? Something like this:
They usually have some sort of spring or clip to allow the ball to be released from the socket. Or they just pop out with some pressure. And both sides are threaded so that the joint can be removed.
But the engineers who designed the shift linkage on my V-Star saw fit to use PERMANENTLY ATTACHED units. The ball never comes out of the joint, and one side is permanently attached to the bike.
That means if something is damaged, like the .001 cent rubber seal on the joint, you have the replace the entire $100 heel-toe shifter assembly to fix it! There is a special place in hell for people who approve a design like that to save $.10.
Blame the accountants for that, not the engineers.
Well the engineers didn't really plan on you throwing it on the ground and ghost riding it into an intersection 
stuart in mn wrote:
Blame the accountants for that, not the engineers.
Seriously this. Its not like we get to design exactly what we want and they just sign off on it without haggling.
nocones wrote:
Well the engineers didn't really plan on you throwing it on the ground and ghost riding it into an intersection
LOL and touche!
It was the engineer who said "I found a way to make this a tiny bit cheaper, and SUCK BALLS" so I blame them.
wearymicrobe wrote:
stuart in mn wrote:
Blame the accountants for that, not the engineers.
Seriously this. Its not like we get to design exactly what we want and they just sign off on it without haggling.
Exactly. That's what we dream about at night, but it's just a fantasy.
The shift rod threads out of both ends.
On the engine side, the arm is $35, with the ball installed.
On the foot lever end, it's $69, with the ball installed.
Both ends can have the ball pinched out and replaced with a bolt-in piece.
It's Yamaha. They live for needless overcomplication.
pinchvalve wrote:
Or they just pop out with some pressure.
Wouldn't they pop out under pressure at inopportune times?
914Driver wrote:
pinchvalve wrote:
Or they just pop out with some pressure.
Wouldn't they pop out under pressure at inopportune times?
No, because under normal operation, the force is transmitted 90 degrees from the way that they pop out.
no onw says you have to use factory parts. soerce new ends from McMaster or rod end supply or your fav surpluss house and fit a redius rod of your likling.
pinchvalve wrote:
nocones wrote:
Well the engineers didn't really plan on you throwing it on the ground and ghost riding it into an intersection
LOL and touche!
It was the engineer who said "I found a way to make this a tiny bit cheaper, and SUCK BALLS" so I blame them.
I spent several years designing good E36 M3, having it quoted, and then being told to pull 15% out of the cost. Then having it made in China, so that when it finally made production it was a shell of the good product I designed.
<--- REALLY happy to be working in medical devices now.
