Grease on Rear Wheel

[Yellow99]

New to forum with 99 Standard. Just completed rear spline and pinion cup grease maintenance thanks to the Forum.Also replaced O-rings. Now after reassembly and a few hundred miles Grease is appearing on differential side of rear wheel in a spun on pattern.  Any ideas as to the cause?  I did remove plastic ring from Diff and reinstalled, is it possible this is not on correctly.  Bike makes no new noises

Thanks for any suggestions

Larry

[cmc48]

I'm betting on o ring problem...did you replace the 3 o rings, possibily need to or maybe damaged one on reassembly

[Yellow99]

I did replace all three O-rings and coated them with Grease on reinstall as mentioned in forum.  It seemed I got it right at the time.  Thanks for suggestion.

Larry

[9Ball]

probably just a little too much grease.

sounds like you did everything correctly.....

[NITRO]

I had the same problem on my Standard shortly after I bought it. I just assumed it was normal at the time. When we pulled the wheel off the next time, everything looked like new. I personally wouldn't worry about it and it's most likely extra grease like jrhorton said.

[fudgie]

Yea mine did that to. It was still greased 15k later. No worries.

[Yellow99]

Like what everyone is saying.  Was not looking forward to pulling rear again.  Will grease stop at some point getting on rear wheel and will there still be grease/ paste on splines for good lubrication?

Larry

[sandy]

If you packed the spline housing full, it'll push out when the heat builds up. Most folks over due the grease but it doesn't hurt. You just have a mess for a while.