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ROY · 10-04-2014, 05:39 PM

Rory;you were there at Pacific Raceways when I broke my second one!!! My DR4 was built in 1997 according to Jerico's records on serial numbers.I broke the first finger in May of this year,I broke the second one in July.I ordered another new one from Jerico and talked to both George and Scott at Jerico,both claimed they had NO knowledge of issues!!Scott blamed me,said I need to use the clutch during gear changes,I told him I have been since day one and knew of many people going clutchless!!A machinist friend took my BRAND NEW,never installed,finger to a heat treater,they measured rockwell hardness on the finger.Found it to be case hardened,not through hardened,Rockwell was 62 [brittle] on the outside,40 [soft] on the inside,they felt it should be trough hardened then stress relieved.I use a Long shifter 14" from pivot to tip of handle and the arms are 2&3/4" center to center.There are no stops on my shifter so I have the rods adjusted so the shifter can not 'OVER' shift the forks. ROY.

10-04-2014, 05:39 PM	#70
ROY Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 15 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Anyone have a shift finger for Jerico? Rory;you were there at Pacific Raceways when I broke my second one!!! My DR4 was built in 1997 according to Jerico's records on serial numbers.I broke the first finger in May of this year,I broke the second one in July.I ordered another new one from Jerico and talked to both George and Scott at Jerico,both claimed they had NO knowledge of issues!!Scott blamed me,said I need to use the clutch during gear changes,I told him I have been since day one and knew of many people going clutchless!!A machinist friend took my BRAND NEW,never installed,finger to a heat treater,they measured rockwell hardness on the finger.Found it to be case hardened,not through hardened,Rockwell was 62 [brittle] on the outside,40 [soft] on the inside,they felt it should be trough hardened then stress relieved.I use a Long shifter 14" from pivot to tip of handle and the arms are 2&3/4" center to center.There are no stops on my shifter so I have the rods adjusted so the shifter can not 'OVER' shift the forks. ROY.