shortage of ujoints for valkyries

[henny]

what's with the shortage . i'm hoping to go to Sturgis this year  on a memorial ride for a riding buddy who passed away last week of cancer at the age of 44. We had the trip planned as a bucket list item. my problem is my bike needs a ujoint and it's been on back order and won't show up for at least 6 weeks. i've tried ebay and all sorts of internet stores. has anyone got a spare one out there that i could buy ,or have a line on one . thanks for any help anyone can give.

[hubcapsc]

They have one at pinwall right now, it is listed on eBay...

-Mike

[fast black]

Have you tried a driveline shop.  I have heard of them being rebuilt and there was a guy on this board who had greasable rebuilt u joints for sale, I thought.
Maybe someone with a better memory than me can tell you who it was.

[CajunRider]

Check the tech board.  Someone just posted a re-built one with part numbers for a u-joint from Auto Zone (or Napa, or something along those lines). 

I'm waiting for a full write up with directions, but I'm sure if you message him, he can walk you through building one. 

[Sodbuster]

what's with the shortage . i'm hoping to go to Sturgis this year  on a memorial ride for a riding buddy who passed away last week of cancer at the age of 44. We had the trip planned as a bucket list item. my problem is my bike needs a ujoint and it's been on back order and won't show up for at least 6 weeks. i've tried ebay and all sorts of internet stores. has anyone got a spare one out there that i could buy ,or have a line on one . thanks for any help anyone can give.

The other thing you can try is shop around for some trike shops that did a conversion on a 1500 GoldWing .... they use the same u-joint

[wlgrice]

Theirs two on e-bay