Spline, replace or not?

[scaylabs]

Gentlemen,

This is on my '82 GS1100GL with 26k miles or so, which supposedly has the dreaded "gold" spline but it looks silverish to me, can anyone confirm?

What do you fellas think, does it need replacing?

[Larry D]

Heck....you have it out already and it is certainly worn....I'd replace it.

[rustybronco]

No question about it, replace it.

can you ride it while waiting for the replacement spline? sure...

[lurch12_2000]

Use a cool whip plastic container or similiar size.
Fill with and inch of gas or deisel fuel.
Put spline in posts up and let soak for an hour.
Use old toothbrush and "brush it's teeth".
Remove and let dry.
Now you have a crystal clean spline to get a real good look.
Also can tell better if it's gold(weak) or silver(good)
It will be free of any sludge that may hasten wear.
Ready for a fresh coat of Moly-60.

BTW, that spline should probably be replaced, but may survive until the next rear tire change (under 5-6K miles?)....probably last if you don't hammer on it.

But if you've got a new tire on, then save yourself some effort and find a good used black for $50-60 and do it now.

[scaylabs]

Thank you fellas, I just bought a silver one off ebay from an Intruder.

[ddaniels]

That spline doesn't look anywhere near as bad as some of the others I've seen posted on here. Doesn't look gold either. I'd do as suggested and clean it really good. It's hard to tell from the pic if it's worn, or just really dirty.

[rustybronco]

The teeth are about half worn away.

[Charlie G]

I bought a new one last year from cyclepartsnation for ( I think) $65.00 delivered last year. Look around, prices can very and why buy used to save $5-$15.

cg

[scaylabs]

The teeth are about half worn away.

Yes, you are correct. Since I'm installing new tires I will be replacing it with this spline from a '86 Intruder with 7k miles. Looks pretty good right?

[scaylabs]

I bought a new one last year from cyclepartsnation for ( I think) $65.00 delivered last year. Look around, prices can very and why buy used to save $5-$15.

cg

I didn't see any new ones in that price range!! All I saw was $120 average.
Too late now anyway, the used one is on it's way. I hope it looks as good as in the pic.

Edit:
OK, I feel better, cyclepartsnation has them for $131.55 now. My used one for $50 shipped now sounds reasonable again.

[rustybronco]

Looks pretty good right?

YES it does!

[1948man]

It's weird how you can stare at those pics and see different things. At first I wasn't sure but now I see how worn it is.

[scaylabs]

Just came in, much better (looks new) and peace of mind!!

[82Shafty]

A little Moly 60 and you'll be good to roll.

[Skateguy50]

the reason using a used one to save a few bucks is certain used ones will have zero wear after 30 years if it is the right one. Just keep the Honda Moly on it and your good to go now.