80,000 road miles......what to do maintenance wise?

[cajundood]

My 98 standard darkside gal just turned 85,000. Not very much problems since new. I run 20w 50 mobile 1 synthetic. I bought a set of timing belts at 75k but never installed them yet, and almost had hydrolock due to a bad diaphragm...(my quick release of the starter button saved me on that one  )
I've also done a desmog on her when i had the diaphragm problems.

♫ ☼  The ole gal just runs too well to go into her.

......course I'm beginning to notice a lil play in the rear. u-joint???
I will probably do some major maintenance this winter and I wanted to begin getting the items i need for it. So I need to know what to start inventorieing. ←is that a word?
♫♪ so any suggestions on some of the things i'll be needing to get for a good tuneup. I'm not talking plugs, filters and such...I replace those regularly. I'm talking about rear end stuff. maybe waterpump. I will certainly replace the belts.
↓§ any suggestions are appreciated.

[Michvalk]

You could look at the U-joint, but the first thing I would suspect would be the rear wheel dampners. They go before most anything else that causes driveline slack. The rear should be looked at, at every tire change. The u-joint can be removed without a lot of major disassembly. Search the tech page for the method. Other than that, you seem to have everything else covered. OH, I assume you have looked at the vacume tubes and such as that. Check the carb band clamps for tightness/ (there are 18 of the clamps, I think). good luck

[Farther]

Check out the upper shock mounts, cheap easy maintenance item.

[salty1]

Check the pinion cup, the propellor shaft, the shaft oil seal, the thrust washer and O-rings, as mentioned the dampers (replace with 2000 or newer parts), the brake pads, etc. 

[cajundood]

I'm going into this blindly. I won't go into it till this winter, but I'm getting the components a little at a time while i have the money (probably won't have it in Nov.). Definitely gonna order a set of dampners. How about o-ring, seals, and bearings? Does pinion cup wear quicker than the shaft? I just want to already have everything before i go tearing into it. If I do need any of this, does anyone have a link to get these components?

[Black Dog]

......course I'm beginning to notice a lil play in the rear. u-joint???

As Farther said, if yer running the stock shocks, check the upper shock bushings.  When they wear, they can give a 'wallowing' feeling in turns, and you may experience trouble holding a line through turns.  Look at the top shock bolts, and if they are not perfect dead center to the shock mount, they're probably worn.

Cheap, easy fix.

Black Dog

[Rio Wil]

Ok.....I just have to ask..it does not seem that you have been doing a periodic maintenance on the final drive splines nor have you been removing the final drive/rear end and checking the lube in the pinion cup/ drive shaft (no insult intended)....80K miles.....tell us your secret....

[cajundood]

Ok.....I just have to ask..it does not seem that you have been doing a periodic maintenance on the final drive splines nor have you been removing the final drive/rear end and checking the lube in the pinion cup/ drive shaft (no insult intended)....80K miles.....tell us your secret....

Yes, I have been doing maintenance. Everytime i would have the tire replaced, my meka nic would lube the splines. Been running darkside for over 8,000 miles now and not even close to having tire wear.  , but it does now mean that i won't be removing the rear wheel anytime soon. replaced gear oil with synthetic a year ago when i switched to darkside.

[old2soon]

Spline lube supposed to be every 10000 miles on our Phatt Ghurls.  And while you have it down AND yer right there anywho be checkin the P-cup and the U-joint. Just sayin.  RIDE SAFE.