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Shaftie Owners, A Question from a new one..

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Virgin Shafty owner here, so I am looking for some info. After tinkering a bit with my 82 1100G today, checking fluids, washing, etc, i noticed that when i got down and looked under the bike, there is a bit of what im sure is gear oil coating the underside, from the back of the oil pan, and around the drive shaft, and the boot that covers the drive shaft and im guessing the Ujoint here. Upon further examination, it seems to be coming from under that boot. I am assuming that there is a seal around where the shaft exits the secondary gear box.

Is this seal replaceable without spliting the cases? Is it difficult to do so? And is it something that i want to attend to immediately?

Secondarily, is it possible to get to, adjust and or service, or replace the secondary gears without spliting the cases? I dont think it needs it, but these are questions that keep me up at night.


Thanks

TCK
 
I've not looked on my Suzuki, but on the Yamaha's I've had, you can pull the seal without touching the cases. You need to remove the u-joint from the engine and to do this, the final drive and swing arm needs to come off (not a big deal...20 minutes tops) and then it's right there.

Trans gears...needs a major case split unless someone else has an idea that I'm unaware of. :-s
 
Dave8338 said:
I've not looked on my Suzuki, but on the Yamaha's I've had, you can pull the seal without touching the cases. You need to remove the u-joint from the engine and to do this, the final drive and swing arm needs to come off (not a big deal...20 minutes tops) and then it's right there.

Trans gears...needs a major case split unless someone else has an idea that I'm unaware of. :-s
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Not the tranny gears that im speaking of. I was talking about the secondary drive gears for the shaft. The ones that turn one motion into the other before it exits the motor.
 
TheCafeKid said:
Not the tranny gears that im speaking of. I was talking about the secondary drive gears for the shaft. The ones that turn one motion into the other before it exits the motor.
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Those are easy to get at as well...once you have the final drive out of the bike, there are a series of bolts on the back side of the "pumpkin" that need to be removed and there will be the ring gear. As for the pinion...you need to pull the final drive apart from the swingarm and remove the retainer nut (usually a special wrench is needed but they sometimes come apart with a center punch and a few raps from a hammer) and pull the drive shaft and pinion out.

Not sure now that I reread you question I'll have to defer that info to someone who has done it...
 
Thats the final drive hehehe. The gears im speaking of, and im assuming they have them, as something has to turn the cyclic motion into the longitudinal shaft motion, are just ahead of where the shaft comes out of the block. Someone had mentioned that it MAY be possible to get to those gears without crackin the cases open. I dunno for sure.
 
TheCafeKid said:
Thats the final drive hehehe. The gears im speaking of, and im assuming they have them, as something has to turn the cyclic motion into the longitudinal shaft motion, are just ahead of where the shaft comes out of the block. Someone had mentioned that it MAY be possible to get to those gears without crackin the cases open. I dunno for sure.
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Yep...me gets it now #-oI went back and edited my post but still didn't make it clear enough that I've no clue on those gears...I've never had to rip into them TG! 8-[
 
The rear cog (1/2 of the bevel gears) comes out with 4 bolts and it has a single large O-ring around it that acts as an oil seal. Very easy to get out (although it is a very tight snug fit into the engine for obvious reasons). Not sure about the other half of the bevel gear but I think it should come out without the engine split. I just had mine apart. I need to re-adjust the 'contact' now as it is making a whining noise. It's all pretty simple to pull apart though.
 
Zooks said:
The rear cog (1/2 of the bevel gears) comes out with 4 bolts and it has a single large O-ring around it that acts as an oil seal. Very easy to get out (although it is a very tight snug fit into the engine for obvious reasons). Not sure about the other half of the bevel gear but I think it should come out without the engine split. I just had mine apart. I need to re-adjust the 'contact' now as it is making a whining noise. It's all pretty simple to pull apart though.
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Thanks Zooks. Im thinking i may have a bit of a leak around that seal. Do you have any idea on adjusting the lash or anything? My bike has that slight whine in all gears between 3.5 and 4.5 on the tach. I dont think its serious, but i dont want it to get that way either.
 
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