Fix for rusty shaft ? Discuss

[beaver]

Yep we agree on that same as the original video, was just thinking of making the swingarm more solid around the hole, as once a hole has been drilled, it might crack around the hole, maybe jbweld could avoid that, maybe overthinking.

I don't think JB weld would do anything to help.. it would just crack off... and to fit a tube you'd have to drill a bigger hole, making it weaker to start with...
just drill a small hole 3-4mm dia... it will be fine

 

[Deleted account 191119001]

I don't think JB weld would do anything to help.. it would just crack off... and to fit a tube you'd have to drill a bigger hole, making it weaker to start with...
just drill a small hole 3-4mm dia... it will be fine

When extended warranty is over first, in the meantime, pop open and look inside winter time.

 

[beaver]

I could always do mine ... one of the advantages of having a used bike

 

[Deleted account 191119001]

I could always do mine ... one of the advantages of having a used bike

You just got a brand new warranty, I would leave it alone till later, maybe we can find another way, like pull back the boot and syringe water out every now and again.

 

[Weird Bob]

You just got a brand new warranty, I would leave it alone till later, maybe we can find another way, like pull back the boot and syringe water out every now and again.

You know I was just thinking about that. How about you glue a length of small diameter tubing along the swing arm inside to where the water pools. The other end can exit though a small hole in the gator. You could syringe the from just outside the gator if there was a lot of water and the tube could allow for some moisture to escape.
No having to drill the swing arm.

 

[Deleted account 191119001]

You know I was just thinking about that. How about you glue a length of small diameter tubing along the swing arm inside to where the water pools. The other end can exit though a small hole in the gator. You could syringe the from just outside the gator if there was a lot of water and the tube could allow for some moisture to escape.
No having to drill the swing arm.

Yep something like that sounds better to me at the moment.

 

[Warlord]

You know I was just thinking about that. How about you glue a length of small diameter tubing along the swing arm inside to where the water pools. The other end can exit though a small hole in the gator. You could syringe the from just outside the gator if there was a lot of water and the tube could allow for some moisture to escape.
No having to drill the swing arm.

That's got to be one of the stupidest things I've heard.

So how you going to successfully glue a length of tubing inside the shaft... and then not have it shift and get wrapped around the spinning shaft arm.

FFS..... leave the idea's alone...

 

[Deleted account 191119001]

That's got to be one of the stupidest things I've heard.

So how you going to successfully glue a length of tubing inside the shaft... and then not have it shift and get wrapped around the spinning shaft arm.

FFS..... leave the idea's alone...

Well im off to my corner also..............

 

[Warlord]

Well im off to my corner also..............

Lol

 

[Deleted account 191119001]

Lol

Funny though how in the factory, at 7mins 34s into video I see no sealant, yet there is clearly hite sealant on my gearbox side, but there was non like in the factory on FD side.

 

[beaver]

no.. nothing on that at all...

 

[Deleted account 191119001]

no.. nothing on that at all...

Looked at mine again close to FD and only a little bit of white sealant but lower down, nothing at the top, exactly like swingarm picture below, maybe non at the top as to let air out so no bellow effect, I think.

 

[beaver]

Nothing at the top... Mmmm.. if water gets in there and the bevel box goes up and down, it could in one direction blow air out to clear the water, but the other way, it could suck in any water in the gap.. like a small pump drawing in bits of water at a time.... this action will be happening all the time you're riding .. suck / Blow... suck / blow.... so any water sat in there could be sucked into the internals of the arm....

If you get more sucking than you do blowing, it could get quite full in there!!...

and with that... I'm off to bed

 

[Mr Bean]

The 'bevel box' barely moves - unless I've missed something?

 

[Warlord]

Nothing at the top... Mmmm.. if water gets in there and the bevel box goes up and down, it could in one direction blow air out to clear the water, but the other way, it could suck in any water in the gap.. like a small pump drawing in bits of water at a time.... this action will be happening all the time you're riding .. suck / Blow... suck / blow.... so any water sat in there could be sucked into the internals of the arm....

If you get more sucking than you do blowing, it could get quite full in there!!...

and with that... I'm off to bed

If you drill in the right place, it'll play Mull of Kintyre while riding along..... FFS

 

[Weird Bob]

That's got to be one of the stupidest things I've heard.

So how you going to successfully glue a length of tubing inside the shaft... and then not have it shift and get wrapped around the spinning shaft arm.

FFS..... leave the idea's alone...

Hold on a second I didn’t say it was a great idea. A proper adhesive would easily hold along the floor of the swing arm. It’s narrow but not impossibly so that you can’t use something to apply pressure to the tube to adhere it to the bottom along the length. I’m not talking garden hose here. I’m talking something about the diameter of IV hose/pipe/tubing.

 

[Deleted account 191119001]

Hold on a second I didn’t say it was a great idea. A proper adhesive would easily hold along the floor of the swing arm. It’s narrow but not impossibly so that you can’t use something to apply pressure to the tube to adhere it to the bottom along the length. I’m not talking garden hose here. I’m talking something about the diameter of IV hose/pipe/tubing.

All ideas are not great from the start, but bit by bit usually find a way forward, I am going to look later if I could just pull the boot back enough to get a long syringe in there, seems simple enough and it is not like there is a tap running inside, just every now and again a little syringe out might do the job.. has to be some space there, and when on sidestand all water will go to the corner, so should be doable, as slide it down the recess hole at the top, and hopefully the angle seems perfect to get into the corner past the shaft, obviously with rear wheel off, before someone daft jumps in.



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[Deleted account 190920002]

I had to service a fish processing machine in Aberdeen on stripping down the motor gearbox drive, I normally had to heat a splined shaft for removal.But it came out freely the old boy in charge who looked after the kit said he used lanolin grease I said what’s that and was told “from sheep” well whatever it was it came apart with no probs. I must admit I never had used lanolin before but it certainly kept that machine part free from sizing so it might be worth a try on Bmw drive shaft couplings

 

[Deleted account 191119001]

I had to service a fish processing machine in Aberdeen on stripping down the motor gearbox drive, I normally had to heat a splined shaft for removal.But it came out freely the old boy in charge who looked after the kit said he used lanolin grease I said what’s that and was told “from sheep” well whatever it was it came apart with no probs. I must admit I never had used lanolin before but it certainly kept that machine part free from sizing so it might be worth a try on Bmw drive shaft couplings

Interesting looked that up, seems useful stuff, WD-40 do a version seems a bit like ACF-50, and others do a high temp grease version protects against saltwater.

http://www.wd40.com.au/products/wd-40-specialist/

 

[Rememo]

I had to service a fish processing machine in Aberdeen on stripping down the motor gearbox drive, I normally had to heat a splined shaft for removal.But it came out freely the old boy in charge who looked after the kit said he used lanolin grease I said what’s that and was told “from sheep” well whatever it was it came apart with no probs. I must admit I never had used lanolin before but it certainly kept that machine part free from sizing so it might be worth a try on Bmw drive shaft couplings

I just finished undercoating my truck with Woolwax, which is a lanolin product. It's similar to Fluidfilm, but a bit thicker and has less odor.

I'm a big fan of ACF50, but when I finally get around to cracking open my drive shaft housing, I'll be coating the inside with Woolwax, since it's more viscous than ACF50. Plus the undercoating wand will make it really easy to coat the entire housing.