Hot & Growling Differential

[Guest]

The differential on my 81 GS1000GL started growling on and off as the wheel spun this Sunday. It got louder as the day progressed and when we finally got home the differential was very hot to the touch.

Is it worth it to dissasemble and rebuild it, or would it make more sense to try to replace the whole unit?

[shaftzuki]

I think I would find one on EBAY (or similar) and just replace yours - they are fairly in-expensive when purchased that way. 8)

[SqDancerLynn1]

E bay is the way to go. Should be able to get one cheap $10-15. Shipping will be $25-30.

[dgeorge]

Did you check the fluid in it? Sounds like it might be dry.

[Pillage]

Thanks Guys, I'll give E-Bay a shot. The fluid level is okay. I suspect the cause may have happened a couple of months ago and it took this long to wear the poor thing out...

My wife rides this bike regularly (enough said? :twisted: ) anyway she stalled it out at a stop light and apparently some butthead drove into her. She felt like it wasn't any big deal because she couldn't see any dents. BTW she only let me in on this last week. :? My guess is that it wouldn't take all that much of a rear end to mess up the alignment.

What do you think, does that sound right?


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[Anonymous]

A rear ender could very well damage your differential, but if the hit was hard enough to do it, you may also consider checking your rear rim for runout & trueness. Don't need any sudden wobbles at high speed.