spline pics

[duaneage]

It COULD have an earlier spline, depends on the build date. I parted an 82 850G that was build in feb 82 and it had an older spline. The date code is on the head tube. Of course, the spline could have been replaced at some point with an older one.

I'd get this for 50 dollars and see what it has. The bike has at least that much in other stuff on it. Depends how close you are to it.

 

[Piston720]

79 GS850 Rear Spline

79 GS850 Rear Spline

Check out ebay item#330302713018.
The owner said that it is off a 79 850 and is dark in colour and looks to be in excellent shape.
Good luck.
I posted this in parts for sale as well.

 

[lurch12_2000]

Check out ebay item#330302713018.
The owner said that it is off a 79 850 and is dark in colour and looks to be in excellent shape.
Good luck.
I posted this in parts for sale as well.

Thanks for the lead.
I had found that listing a few days ago along with a '80 front/rear tire set in NY too. The guy in NY never responded to my questions. In the mean time I purchased a '79 850G black colored one from BWringer and should be getting it this week.
I may still try to get the set in NY as I am travelling right through where it's located on my road trip to Cleveland in a week. Shipping would probably cost more than the parts!

 

[jimfj]

Okay, I knew I checked my splines and they were fine when I looked at them from the top...Right

But what happens when I take the splines out and clean some of the grease off

Bike is a 1982 GS 850G with just under 22K. I found a wheel from an L model (16"). I'm not sure what year it was from but it fit fine and the splines were perfect. Thanks for the tip. I bet I wasn't far from being stranded.

Jim

 

[lurch12_2000]

update

update

After installing the new spline, I got a chance to road test it today. Everything seems fine, maybe notice a little less lash in shifts too. Interesting though, is that now I can shift into neutral much easier when parking and at stops. NO, I don't normally put it into neutral at lights or when on the road. But the G was always trickier to find neutral than the E.

 

[TheCafeKid]

After installing the new spline, I got a chance to road test it today. Everything seems fine, maybe notice a little less lash in shifts too. Interesting though, is that now I can shift into neutral much easier when parking and at stops. NO, I don't normally put it into neutral at lights or when on the road. But the G was always trickier to find neutral than the E.

Mine was always hard to find neutral on when it was hot. I would have to shift up to second and then back into neutral. I wonder if its just a clunky "G" tranny thing or if it was just happenstance. The ES is nowhere near as difficult to get into neutral.

 

[lurch12_2000]

Mine was always hard to find neutral on when it was hot. I would have to shift up to second and then back into neutral. I wonder if its just a clunky "G" tranny thing or if it was just happenstance. The ES is nowhere near as difficult to get into neutral.

Exactly...when the G warms up, but today even after warm up with the new spline installed, I could find neutral without any problems...???

 

[bwringer]

I've thunk and I've thunk about this until my thinker is sore, and the best I can come up with is that the speed fluctuations inside the transmission are now rattling the internal gears around (as designed) instead of rattling the rear spline back and forth.

This would make it easier to find neutral.

You might have to think about this for a while, too, but it's the only thing that makes sense to me.

 

[lurch12_2000]

I've thunk and I've thunk about this until my thinker is sore, and the best I can come up with is that the speed fluctuations inside the transmission are now rattling the internal gears around (as designed) instead of rattling the rear spline back and forth.

This would make it easier to find neutral.

You might have to think about this for a while, too, but it's the only thing that makes sense to me.

Actually, that was what I was thinking, but couldn't verbalize it as you did. I understood exactly what you said right away, so that makes me on the same plane as you. Now whether that is a sign of intelligence or being just as "mentally off" is the question?

 

[lurch12_2000]

Follow up...I wound up with another set of wheels off an '80 850G and have another black color, very good condition spline in hand. Since I've already replaced my worn gold colored one and may never need to replace, I thought I'd offer it up at half the price of a new one plus shipping to someone else before theirs fails. Here are pics after I cleaned it up real good, maybe too clean so you can see any flaws. Very good shape(see pics from top and bottom views), just shiny metal where the contact surfaces are. Will probably last you a lifetime on your 1100G or 850G. PM me if interested. I would have put this in the For Sale section, except this is one of those technical problems that keeps coming up for us shafty owners. Hope you don't mind.