The wheel is off....a few questions

[Davemn]

I got the rear off, not too bad. The splines look good, lots of grease in there. I have a few questions.
Do I need to remove the brake rotor to have a new tire mounted?
Should I replace the o-ring thats on the wheel spline? (I should)
Should I clean out the old grease and replace (I got the Honda spline lube)?
Anything else to look for at 36,000 miles?
Thanks for all the help!

[Davemn]

Also, can I jack the bike from under the engine? If I use a wood block between?

[hubcapsc]

I got the rear off, not too bad. The splines look good, lots of grease in there. I have a few questions.
Do I need to remove the brake rotor to have a new tire mounted?
Should I replace the o-ring thats on the wheel spline? (I should)
Should I clean out the old grease and replace (I got the Honda spline lube)?
Anything else to look for at 36,000 miles?
Thanks for all the help!

Don't need to remove the brake rotor. Manual sez not to even reuse those bolts if you undo them,
probably got something to do with the "locktite" stuff that comes on new ones...

There's three Orings that you could replace. Ones kind of hard to find...

http://www.valkyrieriders.com/shoptalk/Elusive%203rd%20O-Ring.htm

It might be overkill to change the Orings every time, but you can get them cheap, here's a
source that also supports the VRCC...

http://www.carolinabikeandtrike.com/ORings.htm

-Mike

[Mr.BubblesVRCCDS0008]

If it was me I'ld go ahead and pull the final drive to check and lube the pinion cup and driveshaft splines and also check and lube the u-joint to boot. Also change final drive fuild while I'm in there. Look at beake pads also.

[X Ring]

I got the rear off, not too bad. The splines look good, lots of grease in there. I have a few questions.
Do I need to remove the brake rotor to have a new tire mounted?
Should I replace the o-ring thats on the wheel spline? (I should)
Should I clean out the old grease and replace (I got the Honda spline lube)?
Anything else to look for at 36,000 miles?
Thanks for all the help!

Don't need to remove the brake rotor. Manual sez not to even reuse those bolts if you undo them,
probably got something to do with the "locktite" stuff that comes on new ones...

There's three Orings that you could replace. Ones kind of hard to find...

http://www.valkyrieriders.com/shoptalk/Elusive%203rd%20O-Ring.htm

It might be overkill to change the Orings every time, but you can get them cheap, here's a
source that also supports the VRCC...

http://www.carolinabikeandtrike.com/ORings.htm

-Mike

Considering the cost of o rings is small and the cost of replacing/rebuilding the final drive plus a new wheel flange is big, I replace the o rings every time.  Yes, you need to clean the grease out of the final drive and off the wheel flange.  I use brake cleaner.  I would also pull the final drive to clean, inspect and regrease the pinion cup and driveshaft.

Marty

[doubletee]

I got the rear off, not too bad. The splines look good, lots of grease in there. I have a few questions.
Do I need to remove the brake rotor to have a new tire mounted?
Should I replace the o-ring thats on the wheel spline? (I should)
Should I clean out the old grease and replace (I got the Honda spline lube)?
Anything else to look for at 36,000 miles?
Thanks for all the help!

Don't need to remove the brake rotor. Manual sez not to even reuse those bolts if you undo them,
probably got something to do with the "locktite" stuff that comes on new ones...

There's three Orings that you could replace. Ones kind of hard to find...

http://www.valkyrieriders.com/shoptalk/Elusive%203rd%20O-Ring.htm

It might be overkill to change the Orings every time, but you can get them cheap, here's a
source that also supports the VRCC...

http://www.carolinabikeandtrike.com/ORings.htm

-Mike

If it makes you feel any better about ordering from carolinabikeandtrike.com, I just received a 5-pack of the three o-rings from them in two days. (I'm not affiliated with them, yada, yada, yada...)