Shift-lever pivot bolt unscrewing itself...

[rlachermeier]

Just wondering how likely this is to happen. Think I'll check mine none-the-less.

[Devil Dog]

this has happened to quite a few owners. keep an eye on it.

DD

[300Busa]

never to me, but to others I have heard of.

[dentonbusa]

same thing happen to me on my 05 when i was coming to a stop at an intersection i rolled on and pulled over tighted it with factory tool kit until i got to work at the time it had about 8,000 miles on it

[tinbender0]

I had the nut on the bottom of my clutch handle come off. The bolt was also backing out also. I happend to notice it in the middle of a ride, its a good thing I didn't loose the bolt and clutch handle that would have been a disaster..

[psycobusa]

a lot of the 05's had that gearshift problem

[Don Hardcastle]

(psycobusa @ Nov. 04 2006,22:17) a lot of the 05's had that gearshift problem

+1 did it on mine. Loc-tite stopped that tho.

Don

[trip]

(tinbender0 @ Nov. 04 2006,11:54) I had the nut on the bottom of my clutch handle come off. The bolt was also backing out also. I happend to notice it in the middle of a ride, its a good thing I didn't loose the bolt and clutch handle that would have been a disaster..

Mee Toooo!

[Lamb busa]

Happened to Lamb! Loctite and some elbow grease! Seems to be an '05 thing!

[NightCrawler]

I have an '05 and after reading how it happened to others, I made sure mine was tight. Better safe than sorry (that's also why I never bought a Kawasaki. Not because they are unsafe, but because they're sorry

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[BusaCruise]

yup...it can happen to anyone on ANY bike....who doesn't regularly maintain and do a pre-check prior to flight.

to think that this is 'busa related' is plain rediculous

[BA BUSA]

Just about every 05 that I've seen has had it happen

every nut and bolt should be checked periodically

[rlachermeier]

Stupid question. Which one are we talking about?
1
2
3
4
or
5

[bigoltool]

Pay particular attention if you have Buell pegs installed! When you lower the shifter to compensate the rear lock nut (#33) is really tough to get at so I took an old 10mm box end and ground out just enough to allow it to slip over the rod and now I have a 12 point (more like 9 now that I ground out a few of them) that will work on it without pulling the shift linkage off the shaft to lock it down.

http://www.bikebandit.com/partsba....780.asp

[rlachermeier]

So I assume it's either 33 or 36 that's unscrews itself. In any case everything looked tight on mine. Why would this problem happen more frequently on 05's ?

[BA BUSA]

#5 in your pic

[BA BUSA]

#32 in the diagram

[Lamb busa]

BA is right, AGAIN! The man never misses

[onerabidshark]

mine came loose once LOCTITE !!! its fixed