Darkside question

[Old Geezer Richard]

Will I have to replace those O rings everytime I grease the spline every 12,000miles with a car tire ..... I'm coming up to 11,000 miles right now with my CT .....

[DFragn]

Probably not.
Inspect them and the thrust washer though.

[Grandpot]

Whether you have a CT or a MC tire, it makes no difference.  You need to lubricate the splines and inspect the O rings on a regular basis.  The book says to replace the O-rings every time the wheel is removed.  From the past posts I’ve read, no one seems to do it that often, but you certainly need to inspect them.

[fudgie]

I replace mine. There cheap enough, esp from Carolina bike/trike. I inspect my thrust. I do mine every spring regaurdless of mileage. Usually no more then 15,000 miles. This is my 1st season on a CT but not nearly the miles I should have so far. 

[stude31]

I replace mine. There cheap enough, esp from Carolina bike/trike. I inspect my thrust. I do mine every spring regaurdless of mileage. Usually no more then 15,000 miles. This is my 1st season on a CT but not nearly the miles I should have so far. 

I'm with you Fudgie... I buy my o-rings from carolina bike... It is much less to replace o-rings than to replace splines..  The alternative doesn't sound very appealing to me...   To each his own... I also run a C/T and I inspect relube and new o-rings every 15k miles.  All of my o-rings that I have taken off in that time frame have looked good but I just replace them...

[roboto65]

Just got done doing mine with Wizards help had them but they were fine plenty of lube and the thrust wassher looked good bearing finr so I put it back together and called it a day. Well that and put a Tourer rotor on a Interstate !!