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After tearing my bike apart to replace the rear splines in the wheel, I can't get the rear drive unit to seat into the new splines. At first I thought maybe they didn't match up but I checked with the rear splines pulled out and they fit. Yet nothing I can do is getting them to mesh up. I've tried with the wheel on the ground and the rear drive unit on the ground . I've picked it up and rotated it by the eighth of an inch but it won't budge. I don't have the money to just drop all the parts off at a shop and pay for disassembly so at this point I'm about ready to sell it to a scrapyard. Just hoping somebody here has something I've missed to get this damn thing over with.
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You've tried fitting the new wheel hub that is attached to the rear wheel onto the rear axle drive splines and it does fit, correct? Yet you can't get the rear wheel with the new driven hub to fit onto the axle's drive splines when it's attached to the wheel? Never had that problem before. You just life the wheel and rock/rotate the wheel until it slips over the drive spline. It's a pretty straight forward operation.
Nothing has been changed other than the driven hub in the wheel correct?
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I have not a clue if this will work with a GS.
On the Nighthawk shaft drive I owned I removed the shocks and it made it very easy.
I had a bike lift though and was able to lower and raise the bike as needed to reattach the shocks.Comment
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here is what I'm looking at. which is why I don't get why this is such a pain. I take the rear drive unit, flip it over, and it won't mesh.I can't see anything else which is hitting yet when I pull the rear splines out of the wheel and play with them for a few minutes I can get them on.
edit: this is as far as they will go. http://imgur.com/JS79zWH I tried putting the rear drive unit on the bike and still couldn't get any closer together.Last edited by Guest; 08-10-2014, 06:36 PM.Comment
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The early models (80~81) used a different length spacer than the later models at least as far as the 850's were concerned.
Are you mixing and matching pieces perhaps?
#7 in the above illustration.Comment
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It's an 82 GS1100GK .the only piece replaced was the shiny new silver splines in the wheel. since I ordered the new P/N for the unit (hardened so it won't strip) will I need a new spacer to fit it all together?Comment
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No you wont need a new spacer. If it was together with the old spacer it will go back together without changing a thing.Comment
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The three metal retainers are in the groove of the new spline correct?
Have you tried putting the axle housing on the wheel spline while the wheel was on the ground?Comment
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This is with the wheel sitting on the ground (resting on the rotor) and the axle housing on top. http://imgur.com/JS79zWH
The 3 retainers are all sitting in the groove, with the lock-retainer things and 2 bolts through each.
That's why I don't get how this is an issue, at all. I can't tell if something is getting in the way because of the limited visibility.
I've even tried running the axle bolt through both assemblies so I KNOW they are lined up. Drop it on top, rotate it a little, drop it down. Rinse and repeat for 40 minutes until my girlfriend and I are screaming at each other because this is happening in the middle of a move and then I come and post here
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Other than checking for damaged/malformed splines, I've got nothing else for you. Clean the axle housing splines and examine them closely.Comment
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