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u-joint failure

  1. D

    U-Joint repair was worth it

    2007 R1200RT, 87,385 miles. Needed a winter project and decided to do some swing arm/drive shaft preventative maintenance. Prior to disassembly, measured free play at the rear wheel in 1st gear. 2.5 inches (63.5mm). Drive shaft sent to Machine Service, Inc. in Green Bay, Wis. and returned one...
  2. R

    re-build drive shaft on 2015 R T

    Does anyone know if someone is rebuilding drive shafts for my bike. The u joint end is messed up.
  3. R

    K1100 Driveshaft "U" joint failure

    1993 K1100 with about 85,000 miles. I bought this bike in 2016 and have put about 50,000 miles on it. Second serious issue in about a week. I had an interesting ride today. While riding west on I-94 in Michigan I heard a loud noise from the rear end. I called a friend that lives about 45 miles...
  4. Texpaul

    2005 GS Ei driveshaft install

    I had recently begun to detect a growing vibration when riding my ’05 1200GS, especially at speed. The vibrations lead me to suspect that one of my u joints may be failing so when tune up time rolled around I pulled the driveshaft for inspection and sure enough my worst fears were realized...
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    • driveshaft install shaft repair u-joint failure u-joint repair
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    • Forum: Hexheads/Camheads
  5. B

    2009 RT U-Joint Failure

    Most of the final drive failures I've seen relate to leaking seals. Today, at interstate speed I felt a vibration and smelled something similar to the clutch spell. Lasted a second. A few miles later another strong vibration and loss of speed. Pulled over to the shoulder and while the bike...
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