Interchanging drive joint

[paulgs]

I have a 1982 Suzuki GS1100gk that recently broke down due to worn worn down splines on the drive joint and lost its rear wheel engagement function. My question is this, Do I have to replace the gs1100's drive joint with its matching part or can I use the joint from say a 650gs, or an 850, which I can find on ebay for cheaper than the cycle shops $179 part?

[tom203]

You are talking about splines in rear wheel assembly? The 650 stuff won't work. Try a search as lots of posts on this subject. Take a pic of worn part if possible to aid folks pronouncing judgement.

[bbjumper]

Rear wheel splines do fail, normally spline replacement is all that is required. Lot's of posts on the subject here, parts are available, both used and OEM. Not a big deal and about a two and a half hour job.

Cheers