For rune and/or Wing owners

[Chrisj CMA]

I own neither so Im asking this for some friends of mine that ride 1800 Goldwings and havent heard about the recent driveshaft woes with the Rune.

My question is this:  From the assumption (mine) that the drive train for the Rune and the 1800Wing are very similar if not identical (at least internally) why have 1800 wings gone so many years and so many miles without problems like have recently been reported on the Rune?  Or, do they have the same problems, just no one reported on it...similar to the splines issue with the 1500Wings??????

Just wanted to know TIA

[sandy]

Try asking on this board. Someone might know. http://gl1800riders.com/forums/forums.php