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Service interval for wethead GSA driveshaft
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lkraus
New member
If you have it apart for some other reason, or if you ride in deep water and submerge the swingarm, put some lube on the splines. Spline lube is not on the maintenance schedule. The design of the rear suspension is essentially a perfect parallelogram, so there is no spline movement as the wheel moves up and down. It's common for the splines to be found free of grease but still unworn.
lee
Debbie's Servant
On our K1300S bikes, I tipped back the final drive and also pulled back the front boot so I could check the splines. They were fine, but I still cleaned them and applied new lube.
I plan to do the same on our wetheads because I have seen some nasty rusty splines on new GSs and at least one said he had never went through a water crossing.
As mentioned above it's not mentioned in the service schedule.
I plan to do the same on our wetheads because I have seen some nasty rusty splines on new GSs and at least one said he had never went through a water crossing.
As mentioned above it's not mentioned in the service schedule.
alegerlotz
Member
akbeemer
SURVIVOR
The issue is the splines on the transmission output shaft. You could not access those by simply lowering the FD.
alegerlotz
Member
Ah yes... the splines on that end. Can't help ya there.
lee
Debbie's Servant
You can hold back the front rubber boot and slide the shaft part way back.
lee
Debbie's Servant
It was easy on the K1300S. I have not tried it on Wethead R1200RS and may find it more difficult.
Good point on the U-joint check.
