The old gal was on the lift all day after I got done in the shop. While cleaning the rear wheel there was this strange groaning sound, not a scraping or metal to metal.......almost a metal to rubber sound whenever I turned the wheel. It seemed to happen at the same point in the rotation, so I thought about it and then told myself.......HEY! SELF you have all the time in the world today.......so off the wheel came and I really saw nothing weird. It was only a few hundred miles since the last spline lube. So I cleaned things up a bit.....added a dab of grease on the female splines of the final drive and put it all back together most carefully (as usual) looking for anything that could possibly rub or cause a groaning moaning sound. I thought "that plastic ring" well, its on correctly. So shes all buttoned up and the sound is gone.....bearings are fine, all splines are fine.....I didnt remove the U-joint but the sound was deffinelty coming from the axle area.......Oh well all seems fine, ready to ride. I guess she was just enjoying the rub down?
