WARNING - idiot servicing final drive

[the woodster]

For reasons I won't bore you with, I was unable to change the final drive oil and inspect the final drive splines of my 2017 TE on the same day, so decided to split the tasks. Sounds OK so far? I thought so as well.

Having watched various 'Tube' videos and perused the Haynes manual I could so no reason why the final drive had to be free of oil before I cracked the swinger to inspect the splines. (In my defence, I phoned a very good friend who is a very competent home mechanic and had done both tasks the week before.)

So I cracked the swinger and concentrated on getting the boot off and inspecting the spline and universal joint.

Only then did I notice a large puddle of dirtyish final drive oil on my garage floor. The oil had pissed out of one of the two holes left when I removed the speed sensor. As well as spreading kitty litter all over the garage floor to absorb the oil, it took me about an hour to be certain that I had got all the oil off my rear disc with brake cleaner.

Every cloud has a silver lining and I found the splines to be rust free, very clean but devoid of any grease.

As my old Dad used to say, " Try to learn from other people's mistakes and not your own.'

 

[beaver]

I didn't chang the oil when I did mine as it had just been done... just got a plug for the hole

 

[Deleted account 191119001]

Brave man to admit that, and guess what, you might have saved a few on here from making the same mistake.

 

[Deleted account 191119001]

I didn't chang the oil when I did mine as it had just been done... just got a plug for the hole

Thread is already adding good tips.

 

[the woodster]

Brave man to admit that, and guess what, you might have saved a few on here from making the same mistake.

Thanks Bob, that was my intention!

 

[the woodster]

I didn't chang the oil when I did mine as it had just been done... just got a plug for the hole

Out of interest, which hole do you plug of the two? The speed sensor plastic profusion or the screw hole?

 

[ChazzyB]

Out of interest, which hole do you plug of the two? The speed sensor plastic profusion or the screw hole?

Hint: there's an o-ring only on one hole.

 

[ChazzyB]

Hint: there's an o-ring only on one hole.

And, I don't recall oil coming out of my DIFF when I dropped my torque arm a couple of weeks ago.

 

[the woodster]

Hint: there's an o-ring only on one hole.

I didn't notice that. Thank you.

 

[Deleted account 191119001]

Nice video below quick and easy, and tip for those not so strong, scissor jack is your friend to get it back together more easily, as it is a fair weight.

And torque specs and more tips from JVB below.

https://advrider.com/f/threads/r120...ive-change-and-spline-lube-pictorial.1129815/

 

[ChazzyB]

I didn't notice that. Thank you.

Don't thank me too soon. Perhaps the screw seals the other.

 

[beaver]

Just the sensor hole... screw hole is blind

 

[Warlord]

Ewww... and that oil smells like cat piss.....

So are you going to drain all the remaining oil out, and refill it with 180ml....

Or just questimate a top up?

 

[Warlord]

Sorry, re-read original post and got my answer....

 

[tornadof3]

Ewww... and that oil smells like cat piss.....

As I found out yesterday when changing the gear box oil - it is very difficult to catch it in a container as the centre stand is in the way (my piece of cardboard to channel it wasn't very effective). I have an (in)convenient air vent in my garage that goes through to my hallway, so my house smelt of said cat piss as I tried to mop up half a litre of gear box oil from the garage floor. Still a bit wiffy...

 

[Deleted account 191119001]

As I found out yesterday when changing the gear box oil - it is very difficult to catch it in a container as the centre stand is in the way (my piece of cardboard to channel it wasn't very effective). I have an (in)convenient air vent in my garage that goes through to my hallway, so my house smelt of said cat piss as I tried to mop up half a litre of gear box oil from the garage floor. Still a bit wiffy...

Bonus will keep the mice out.