Ok, it's 52 degrees outside. The sun is shining. What a great day to be ridin!
Well I am not feelin the fun!
What started to be tire replacement and the highly suggested PM at tire replacement has turned into a lot of orderin parts and waitin and diggin deeper just to be sure. More parts and more waitin.
Oh yes! The U joint malfunction. After findin the drive shaft and pinion cup destroyed, I decided to pull the U joint and check it too. Glad I did! Now the interesting part is, the joint feels smooth and tight. However, as I was rolling it around in my hands and checking it for smooth operation and tightness, I just happened to notice one of the bearing cups moving. It turns out that both bearing cups in the front yolk of the U joint are spining in the yolk rather than spining on the shaft end of the X member of the joint. This is not a good thing! It appears that these cups can also turn on the X member but find it easier to turn in the yolk.
I do not know if anyone else has run into this problem, but it seems to me that it could easily be overlooked if you were not paying real close attention. And I doubt that it will last long in that condition. I am going to replace it.
Well at least when I do eventually get my fat girl back together she should be in good shape. And this time I will know because I am the guy that is doin the work. I am lookin forward to puttin some miles on her this year.
Wolf
