• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

Drive Gear Wear

  • Thread starter Thread starter Gary Lich
  • Start date Start date
G

Gary Lich

Guest
Pulled the rear wheel off the GS1100GK last weekend to replace the tire (first time since I bought the bike). Noticed the final drive gear (between the shaft and wheel was dry (signs of a minimal amount of old grease, corrosion and some wear mostly on the teeth on the rear wheel. :( (15k on the bike) I cleaned it up, greased it liberally with marine grade grease and put it back together. Anyone know how much wear is OK before it should be replaced ? Any tricks to remove/replace this gear ? How much lube should I be putting on these gears and how often ?
 
I don't have a shafie myself, but my guess is that there is a backlash tolerance that would tell quite a bit about the gears. They should be similar to the ring and pinion on a car, and I have set many of those up.
 
with just 15K miles on it total, I doubt there would be to much wear, the late model shafties have problems with excessive wear with the drive coupling, Suzuki changed the metal they are made from to a softer metal, the earlier gears are suppose to be a drop in change and will correct the problem, or regular (at least one a year) lubing will help prevent them from failing. Nick is the resident shaftie master and has alot of experience with this problem.
 
It should be lubed with thick stringie grease any time the rear wheel is removed
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top