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====== REF: Body Parts - Sub-30R ======
====== Linkage Mods ======
====== Gun Barrel Spacer for the Shifter linkage ======
Here is a muzzle loading rifle barrel that was drilled, then a bronze sleeve was inserted to hook up the \\ shifter linkage when forwards were installed on a 1979 Roadster ((photo by sltm1 of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-era-specific-and-model-specific/ironhead-sportster-motorcycle-talk-1957-1985/191801-a-little-out-of-the-box-thinking?threadid=2046745))
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====== Make Your Own Shifter Link ======
Here is a shifter link made from (304) stainless steel. ((Folkie of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-era-specific-and-model-specific/efi-sportster-motorcycle-talk-2007-and-up/56389-forward-control-extensions?t=286387)) ((https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-era-specific-and-model-specific/efi-sportster-motorcycle-talk-2007-and-up/56389-forward-control-extensions/page3?t=286387&page=3)) \\
You can cut the threads by hand (or even better on a lathe). \\
Be sure to buy more length than you need to practice on. \\
Stainless is not easy to thread, especially by hand. \\
If you're going to cut threads in stainless steel, even the 'free machining' 303 grade, you want some fairly good quality dies. \\

|  Homemade stainless steel shifter linkage. ((Folkie of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-era-specific-and-model-specific/efi-sportster-motorcycle-talk-2007-and-up/56389-forward-control-extensions?t=286387))  |||
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