Wondering if I'm going to be able to make the FCR.......

[Stanley Steamer]

I need a back tire and it came in the other day.....I also ordered some parts from Partzillia ....all but one came in today.......I have a new U-joint, boot, driveshaft, some oil seals and stuff Big BF said I needed for that......but the PINION cup is on BO...... ....not sure how far behind it'll be??..... ......

I'm not sure I even need the U-joint ....I just thought it might be a good time to check it while I have the rear end off....I'll probably "cheat" again and just take the wheel and new tire over to a small HD(mostly) shop and let them swap the tire out.....no fumbling with tire tools or chipping Hubcap's front tooth...... .......

Even if the pinion cup comes in, I'm not sure I can swap it all out by myself without mucking something up......

[..]

Come in the KIA and then you can go antiquing 

[Stanley Steamer]

Like I would EVER bring a car to a bike ride??!!.. ....

On a serious note, got an email that the pinion cup shipped yesterday...

[hubcapsc]

You can do it!

-Mike

[The emperor has no clothes]

Like I would EVER bring a car to a bike ride??!!.. ....

On a serious note, got an email that the pinion cup shipped yesterday...

Maybe the Cletus work truck ?

[trout dude]

Come on Stanley I was forced to go in the truck last year and loved it so come any way you can.
Dennis

[Stanley Steamer]

I'd NEVER take a vehicle to a bike ride!!!....... ......the pinion cup came in today.......I've never changed it out......Big BF told me which other parts I should get.....some oil seals and such....I had already added most of them to "the cart"....I even ordered some exhaust gaskets(I've never removed the exhaust before) as it says that is the way to replace the U-joint......

[hubcapsc]

I'd NEVER take a vehicle to a bike ride!!!....... ......the pinion cup came in today.......I've never changed it out......Big BF told me which other parts I should get.....some oil seals and such....I had already added most of them to "the cart"....I even ordered some exhaust gaskets(I've never removed the exhaust before) as it says that is the way to replace the U-joint......

I changed out my u-joint not long ago. You don't need to remove
the pipes, I'd have to look at the manual to even see how they
think that helps. I guess they want you to be able to reach
up from underneath.

I got to the normal point where you have the final drive out,
like when you change a tire.

Then I took a few odds and ends off at the rear brake, like
the brake reservoir cover and the brake master cylinder cover,
to open up the access to the boot, which you can see back
there.

I peeled off (both ends?) of the boot and pulled the ujoint
off the output shaft and had it in my hands.

We tested the joint by locking one end of it in neighbor Dan's vise,
and tried to feel if there was any play in the joint by grabbing the
other end with channel locks - we could feel play.

I managed to get the boot back on using Lady Draco's roll-on
method.

Stanley... unless your drive shaft looks worn on the ujoint end,
I bet your ujoint is good. I checked mine because I was
feeling a shimmy.

If there's no wear on your old drive shaft's ujoint end, then you
won't be putting a new drive shaft into a worn ujoint.

The connections at both ends of the ujoint aren't wobbly connections
like at the pinion end of the drive shaft.

I think most Valkyrie ujoints fail in the joint, and not at the splined
connections. I'd hate for your ujoint to explode next time you go
for a ride, but if you ride hard    and don't feel any shimmy, the
joint is probably OK...

-Mike

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

I've got a new pinion cup I can have the Ol' Lady overnight it ... Let me know I'm on the road and not sure when I'll be home.

[Stanley Steamer]

I've got a new pinion cup I can have the Ol' Lady overnight it ... Let me know I'm on the road and not sure when I'll be home.

Thanks Joe......but mine just came in today.....I guess it wasn't back ordered as bad as they thought