Transmission shaft

[Bjor]

Reading in the workshop manual, I just discovered something I find a bit odd:

 

"TRANSMISSION SHAFT

Replace the shaft with transmission joints every 20000

Km; If the motorbike is mainly used for racing-type driving,

or usually high speed driving, replace every 15000 Km."

 

Anyone doing this as a routine?

I try to grease the joints and the shaft once a year, and have never changed either of them on any of my bikes...

[pille]

I have now 70000km. every 2 years I grease the joints and it still feels ok! I wil replace it at 100000km when evertything stays ok!

[Chuck]

Reading in the workshop manual, I just discovered something I find a bit odd:

 

"TRANSMISSION SHAFT

Replace the shaft with transmission joints every 20000

Km; If the motorbike is mainly used for racing-type driving,

or usually high speed driving, replace every 15000 Km."

 

Anyone doing this as a routine?

I try to grease the joints and the shaft once a year, and have never changed either of them on any of my bikes...

 

That was just a cut and paste from the old Daytona that didn't have a greaseable u joint. The Centauro manual said to lube on this schedule. I put 42K miles on my Centauro doing this, and 2 owners later, it's still fine.

Lube it, don't worry, be happy.

[docc]

Pretty neat, Chuck. I've never heard that explanation. Makes sense.