Rebuilding a drive shaft.

[Guest]

Anyone ever done this?
I want to replace the UJ in Jennifers drive shaft, but after looking at it, I am not sure if you can.
It seems to have some wierd ass peening or pins or something holding it in, anyone know if it can be replaced or not?
There is nothing wrong with it, but I would just like to replace it while I am doing everything else.

[DanTheMan]

It appears to be done just like the Goldwings. Non-repairable/replaceable u-joints. You have to buy a whole new driveshaft if it blows up (a friend of mine has a '77 Wing and had it happen to him), I looked at the 'Wing driveshaft, read many microfiche, all they offered were buy another one (he found a good used one, nothing new out there).

[bwringer]

I can't recall ever hearing about a U-joint failure.

I remember hearing about a few that broke the driveshaft or stripped the splines, but never a u-joint failure.

Re-install (with new bolts, or at least Loctite) and don't worry about it.

[Dogma]

I've never examined one before (despite having removed one), but that does appear to be staked in. Replacing it would a mess even with access to a machine shop.

[wdavie]

There is nothing wrong with it,

If it aint broke don't fix it, or fix it till it is broke, which I have done often.

[Steve]

I can't recall ever hearing about a U-joint failure.

I remember hearing about a few that broke the driveshaft or stripped the splines, but never a u-joint failure.

Re-install (with new bolts, or at least Loctite) and don't worry about it.

Yep, my #1 son would be one of those on his 650.

He insisted that he wasn't racing or anything like that, but this was the result:





Had a u-joint failure (actually it was the yoke around it) on my Voyager 1300, but have not heard of one on a GS.

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