stephen tapson
ExPanRider
New to this forum, so hi there.
Need a bit of help.
Sorry this is a bit long winded but thought I would get in all the steps that I've taken already.
After a chance conversation with a fellow GS rider he mentioned the horror stories of rusty drive shafts.
Like many others, I had no idea about this, So checked mine out, 2016 GSA, and low and behold the rear end of the shaft was rusted solid to the final drive input shaft. Gutted
Initially took the final drive complete with the shaft attached to Mr BMW at Bolton who came back with, Are you prepared to lay out £700 in case we mess it up.
A big thank you to all the contributors whose inputs where invaluable. In the end it was a combination of days of drip feeding penetrating oil, Freezing spray and a modified SDS chisel bit attached to a SDS hammer drill that moved it.
Just reinstalled the shaft nicely lubed up.
Now there is a vibration coming from the drive train.
The UJ's seemed fine, no play whatsoever and the shaft looks straight to the naked eye. But it did take a hammer blow or 3 with a King Dick placed at the step in the shaft.
So have took it back off and thought the local drive shaft solutions firm at Gateshead would be able to check if is out of balance and replace the UJ.
Not the case as they have not got the correct fittings for balancing or UJ parts.
Although they will try to check for straightness.
Can anyone tell me if there is somewhere in the North Eas tthat can balance/check and replace the UJ on the GS shaft
What else could cause this vibe?
Would those hammer blows be enough to damage the UJ?
Thanks in advance for any relevant info
Cheers
Need a bit of help.
Sorry this is a bit long winded but thought I would get in all the steps that I've taken already.
After a chance conversation with a fellow GS rider he mentioned the horror stories of rusty drive shafts.
Like many others, I had no idea about this, So checked mine out, 2016 GSA, and low and behold the rear end of the shaft was rusted solid to the final drive input shaft. Gutted
Initially took the final drive complete with the shaft attached to Mr BMW at Bolton who came back with, Are you prepared to lay out £700 in case we mess it up.
A big thank you to all the contributors whose inputs where invaluable. In the end it was a combination of days of drip feeding penetrating oil, Freezing spray and a modified SDS chisel bit attached to a SDS hammer drill that moved it.
Just reinstalled the shaft nicely lubed up.
Now there is a vibration coming from the drive train.
The UJ's seemed fine, no play whatsoever and the shaft looks straight to the naked eye. But it did take a hammer blow or 3 with a King Dick placed at the step in the shaft.
So have took it back off and thought the local drive shaft solutions firm at Gateshead would be able to check if is out of balance and replace the UJ.
Not the case as they have not got the correct fittings for balancing or UJ parts.
Although they will try to check for straightness.
Can anyone tell me if there is somewhere in the North Eas tthat can balance/check and replace the UJ on the GS shaft
What else could cause this vibe?
Would those hammer blows be enough to damage the UJ?
Thanks in advance for any relevant info
Cheers