So, had a vibration in the driveline somewhere and got a used shaft which I installed yesterday. Couple things:
- The female piece that fits on the final drive input shaft was wiggly side to side, the new/used one was tight. No play. Don't know why the old one was loose. Couldn't have been good. Maybe its designed to wear there instead of the input shaft in case of vibration.
- Both the old and the new/used shaft when connected properly to the transmission output shaft had in/out or fore/aft play which must be the transmission output shaft. Is this normal/OK?
Though the bike is much better than before it still exhibits a slight vibration especially when slowing for a left hand turn using engine braking which does not feel normal. Final drive is tight and the magnetic plug had just slight amount of metal sludge on it after 10K miles.
Also, how smooth is the sliding connection in the shaft supposed to be? With Molygraph lube on it there is quite a bit of sticktion though the connection is smooth once moving.
- The female piece that fits on the final drive input shaft was wiggly side to side, the new/used one was tight. No play. Don't know why the old one was loose. Couldn't have been good. Maybe its designed to wear there instead of the input shaft in case of vibration.
- Both the old and the new/used shaft when connected properly to the transmission output shaft had in/out or fore/aft play which must be the transmission output shaft. Is this normal/OK?
Though the bike is much better than before it still exhibits a slight vibration especially when slowing for a left hand turn using engine braking which does not feel normal. Final drive is tight and the magnetic plug had just slight amount of metal sludge on it after 10K miles.
Also, how smooth is the sliding connection in the shaft supposed to be? With Molygraph lube on it there is quite a bit of sticktion though the connection is smooth once moving.