I'm pretty lucky. The splines didn't give while I was actually riding, and I was only five miles away from home, and I had a buddy who was willing and able to come pick me and the bike up.
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Originally posted by bwringer View Post
I'm pretty lucky. The splines didn't give while I was actually riding, and I was only five miles away from home, and I had a buddy who was willing and able to come pick me and the bike up.
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Originally posted by Nessism View PostOriginally posted by 1948man View Post
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Originally posted by bwringer View PostThe driven spline is the same in the 650 shafties, and yes, the 82-83 650G/GL models will have the exact same issue. They might make a few more miles than their torquier and heavier brethren before stripping the splines, but don't forget the 650 is no slouch at all in the power department --
Anyways, I 'll check my 39k spline over the winter- it sounds and turns well!1981 gs650L
"We are all born ignorant, but you have to work hard to stay stupid" Ben Franklin
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Just so everyone understands in the future....the rear wheel and the spline MUST be completely seperated to inspect the wear. Just pulling the wheel and looking it over is not good enough. The spline must be removed from the wheel so one can see the entire spline.Larry D
1980 GS450S
1981 GS450S
2003 Heritage Softtail
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Originally posted by Larry D View PostJust so everyone understands in the future....the rear wheel and the spline MUST be completely seperated to inspect the wear. Just pulling the wheel and looking it over is not good enough. The spline must be removed from the wheel so one can see the entire spline.
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I did a search for "Moly 60" to read up on it and I liked the thread I found. And I called a Honda shop about 5 miles away from me and they've got the Honda Moly60 for ten bucks. I went to two auto parts places and they had never heard of moly60. One guy looked it up in a book and is having some delivered, but I'ma go with the Honda place 5 miles away.
from the Old Technical info forum...
Originally posted by GSJohn View Post24K on my 81 [when my splines failed...] I have a new tire for it but was hoping to get a couple thousand more miles out of the one that is on there now. I had better have a practice session on removing the rear wheel and inspecting the splines...then try to resist the temptation to put on the new rubber.Did anybody notice anything funny such as clunking or noticeable excessive backlash in the rear drive when up on the centerstand before you discovered the problem? Mine feels fine and makes no noises. It does feel like it has more resistance to freewheeling than I would have thought. [-o<
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Originally posted by Larry D View PostSo....do you have it all fixed up yet or are you still waiting for your wheel ?
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SqDancerLynn1
There was a member here that was riding his purchased bike from So Cal to Canada. Lucky we were installing new tires and checked the splines, other wise he would have been stuck in the middle of no where. I just had to pull one out of my extra parts supply
and put it in..
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Woohoo, I’m rolling again!
So silver good, black good, gold bad. Honda Moly60.
Coulda bought the brand new silver piece for $142 + S/H
But decided to chance it with a wheel (1980 850g) from ebay for $30.
Here’s the wheel after it arrived from FedEx:
How it was packaged:
The necessary part (on the left) and my worn out part (on the right)
Close-up
Back in business. New tire, too, since I needed one and the wheel was off.
And while I was at it I added a sissy bar I got on craigslist for $25.
Happy rolling!
Thanks again to Basscliff for the nice wheel-removal instructions.
Last edited by kerrfunk; 09-18-2010, 04:51 PM.
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