• Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

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Installation Of Hammerhead Shift Lever Tip (630sm)

I'm in the UK and there is no Hammerhead supplier here. The US firm wants 50 dollars to send it to me (that's like 2.5 times the value of the part :banghead: ) for USPS? !!!
 
Cheers. I found a firm over here who can make me a bespoke brake lever with folding tip so they're doing me one which is longer and lower. It's motosupplies.com , more detail on their news page, see item folding lever. I gave no connection to these guys but so far so good. Will see what the finished product is like
 
mike54 said:
Cheers. I found a firm over here who can make me a bespoke brake lever with folding tip so they're doing me one which is longer and lower. It's motosupplies.com , more detail on their news page, see item folding lever. I gave no connection to these guys but so far so good. Will see what the finished product is like
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Ask them to keep a template as there is really nothing out there that is plug and play replacement for the TE's. Also please post a pic of it when done.
 
Dom, no problem. I'll do comparison pics. They're also making me a new gear lever so I'll shoot that too.
 
Ok, I received my HH tip today but now am trying to find a source for metric drill bits.... 5/16 is close but no cigar and I don't want to go up a size and introduce a bunch of slop in my shifter. Any ideas on a quick source for an 8mm drill bit? Napa maybe?

I did measure the pin and it was slightly over 8mm (8.1) but I'm not sure when the last time my micrometer was calibrated.... Does drilling to 8mm leave you with a pretty tight (interference)fit?




organ donor said:
To start off with, the OE part is trash (see pic.). It is mounted too near to the cover, had gouged the cover and was difficult to use with boots on.

The Hammerhead (Part# 25-03-00 +420mm) is a perfect replacement. It lengthens the gear shift lever, provides more space between the lever and the cover and is much easier to reach with boots on.

But the fit is not as simple as it looks. The easiest method would be to remove the gear shift lever but I gave up when I saw how far the lever clamp is hidden within the frame.
The pivot pin for the OE tip is 1mm slimmer than the Hammerhead pivot pin. The OE pivot pin is crimped and had to be drilled out and the hole drilled to 8mm. The Hammerhed spring does not fit into the fork on the OE gear lever and I used the original spring. Of course I lost the circlip holding the Hammerhead pin in place ... but Hammerhed must have known I would and there ws a second circlip in the pack.

The replacement took longer than expected, but was well worth the expense and the effort.
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Use the 5/16" and either wallow hole slightly with bit or use a rat tail file to open it up. Doesn't take much and you'll be guaranteed a tight fit. I did mine in very small increments until I was able to lightly tap the pin into hole.

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