akbeemer
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I am doing a service on my 17 GSA and decided to lube the splines on the final drive. This is my first time doing this job on a liquid cooled model. The procedure seems very much like doing the same job on the Hexhead and Camhead bikes and I have done this job around ten times. After releasing the final drive and rotating it back I had difficulty getting the drive shaft to release from the final drive and noticed the drive shaft was loose from the transmission splines. I ended up removing the FD from the swingarm. The clip that is designed to hold drive shaft to the transmission output shaft is still in place. Okay, no problem I will lube those splines as well. The splines at both ends were pretty dry and there was some minor surface rust. I cleaned the splines and lubed them with a mixture of moly and Wurth 3000 greases. I loosened the rubber boot between the swing arm and transmission and attempted to mate the drive shaft to the output shaft. After numerous tries here I am typing. I can get the nose of the drive shaft on the output shaft, but is is slightly canted and will not slide on.
Is there a secret to getting the drive shaft on?
Is there a secret to getting the drive shaft on?