Tire change grief (cant get driveshaft back into u joint)

As far as I know, the only parts in the back that need lube (Moly 60) on a fairly regular basis are the drive/driven splines.
 
Moly 60 it was.... Dont know what I'm gonna replace it with after this tube which is just about gone. But thats another worm hole to dive down;)
 
Pulling the rear gearcase on the Connie 1000 for tire changes was normal business. The Honda is a bit different.
Since your front splines were dry you sure didn't hurt them any.

Brad
 
97af, glad you got it back together.

I'll chime in, since I've done this a couple times. The NT shifts like a dream if the u-joint splines are greased, at least that's been my experience. Something about the grease taking up the slack, I figure.

I'd like to point out, you can remove the u-joint without removing the swingarm, after removing the final drive and driveshaft, pull the front of the boot back, pull the u-joint off the engine and drop it into the swingarm front. Fold the boot, and remove it sideways from the gap. Catch the front of the u-joint with a magnet, and remove it through the gap up and to the right, towards the shock. Reverse to install.

Brad
 
rc_heli_nut said:
97af, glad you got it back together.

I'll chime in, since I've done this a couple times. The NT shifts like a dream if the u-joint splines are greased, at least that's been my experience. Something about the grease taking up the slack, I figure.

I'd like to point out, you can remove the u-joint without removing the swingarm, after removing the final drive and driveshaft, pull the front of the boot back, pull the u-joint off the engine and drop it into the swingarm front. Fold the boot, and remove it sideways from the gap. Catch the front of the u-joint with a magnet, and remove it through the gap up and to the right, towards the shock. Reverse to install.

Brad
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Thanks Brad,
Yep on the removing the ujoint without swingarm removal. I was playing around with the ujoint at the boot at reassemble and was moving it backwards toward the wheel and it came off the output shaft. Not a lot of room to get it out of there but I know I could have gotten it out of there. Getting at the swingarm bearings was one of the intended tasks but next lube service, the ujoint is coming out without the rest of it being removed for sure.
 
97af said:
Thanks Brad,
Yep on the removing the ujoint without swingarm removal. I was playing around with the ujoint at the boot at reassemble and was moving it backwards toward the wheel and it came off the output shaft. Not a lot of room to get it out of there but I know I could have gotten it out of there. Getting at the swingarm bearings was one of the intended tasks but next lube service, the ujoint is coming out without the rest of it being removed for sure.
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One of the great things about forums like this one is community knowledge. When I got my FJR, I was warned about the need to "Pull the pumpkin(Final drive) and check for grease under the front UJ cover. They were right. There was none visible. At the first tire change, I pulled the pumpkin and removed the UJ cover and took out the front UJ. I then use Moly60 to lube everything up front. Easy to pull the cover of the front UJ and inspect now. Perhaps Yamaha put on some amount of clear grease I just couldnt see or feel. A Q tip showed a bit and you can see some in the first photo. I seldom ride in the rain and no road salt, but still, I feel better using Moly 60
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My FJR was exactly like yours.... And is exactly like yours....With that magical grey stuff. It got the Moly 60 treatment too. Just shy of 60k at moment mile wise. Its funny, the FJR was the catalyst for the buy of the NT. Love the FJR but It just started to tire me out a little quickly riding it like it shouldn't be ridden:)
 
hi all,
just joined, London UK. I had to change the final drive hub on myNT700 (2010). undoing was easy, 1 rear wheel nut + 4 hub to swing arm nuts.
~putting the driveshaft back in is more time than its making sense. the end spindle to the cross joint is not going in. any thoughts?
thanks
Andy
 
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Coyote Chris said:
One of the great things about forums like this one is community knowledge. When I got my FJR, I was warned about the need to "Pull the pumpkin(Final drive) and check for grease under the front UJ cover. They were right. There was none visible. At the first tire change, I pulled the pumpkin and removed the UJ cover and took out the front UJ. I then use Moly60 to lube everything up front. Easy to pull the cover of the front UJ and inspect now. Perhaps Yamaha put on some amount of clear grease I just couldnt see or feel. A Q tip showed a bit and you can see some in the first photo. I seldom ride in the rain and no road salt, but still, I feel better using Moly 60
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Same thing on my FJR. Pictures are before I relubed them
 

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I made a holder of sorts out of a clothes hanger to hold the swivel more straighter to the output shaft, since the boot is hanging around there. Couldn't see in there. So just a bent up holder of sorts that lays on the bigger engine casing diameter to get it line better to push on. It comes out after full engagement, like a u-shape
 
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