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Promagnaman
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« on: May 17, 2011, 08:08:01 AM »
Took my "new to me" 2000 Interstate to my local  "small one man repair shop"  to have my new tires mounted and balanced.

It was quite a chore getting it all apart. The last person to put tires on the bike tightened the fasteners up way too tight. We had to use a breaker bar on most fasteners and an impact wrench to get the rear axle nut loose! What a pain in the arse!!

Got everything cleaned up, lubed, and re-assembled. What a difference new rubber makes! Life is goooood!!!!!
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Chrisj CMA
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« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2011, 08:19:39 AM »
How did the splines (drive hub) and drive shaft ends look?
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Promagnaman
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« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2011, 01:03:56 PM »
the splines looked fine, but we didn't check the shaft or u-joint...
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alph
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« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2011, 03:54:25 PM »
um, i'd tear it all apart again and check that drive shaft, pinion cup, and universal joint if i were you..... 
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Chrisj CMA
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« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2011, 04:32:21 PM »
I hope you at least loosened the mounting bolts of the final drive and tightened everything up the right way........or you may be redoing it again soon to replace worth spline teeth
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gwise
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Gainesville, Fl.
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2011, 05:06:00 PM »
I got new tires on my Tourer last month. Wow what a difference $340 dollars will make. Like you said, It's like a new bike. Handles like a dream!!!
   Gregg
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