Advice Needed.

[ibents]

Is it OK to use a synthetic grease on the drive shaft splines, I have a tube of Amsoil 2000 series racing grease which has a lithium complex, it says its good for high and low speed bearings, wheel bearings and any high performance/output equipment.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated as I'm going to remove the rear wheel to replace the tire and may as well lube the the shaft at the same time.

 

Thanks

 

Ian

[pegscraper]

I sure wouldn't know why not.

[Seaking]

Is it OK to use a synthetic grease on the drive shaft splines, I have a tube of Amsoil 2000 series racing grease which has a lithium complex, it says its good for high and low speed bearings, wheel bearings and any high performance/output equipment.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated as I'm going to remove the rear wheel to replace the tire and may as well lube the the shaft at the same time.

 

Thanks

 

Ian

 

Not sure if one is better than the other but do make sure to clean out the old grease completely so that you don't end up with a mixture..

[big mike]

http://www.calsci.com/motorcycleinfo/Shaft.html

 

This site has a great explanation of different m/c greases and their uses. Answer is yes you can use your grease, however, the type of grease you use will determine how often you will need to pull it back apart. Hope this helps.

 

Big Mike

[wild hair 39]

just lost a drive shaft,u-joint,rear splin coupling,LACK OF GREASE,my fault,didn't check it the last two times,i changed tires,splines are wore out,u-joint,is non greaseable,two of the cups are almost frozen up,new parts on order,$280 bucks,going to try,cooper antisEze,when i put it back togather,the moly grease,on the wheel hub,was dried out,15000 mls since it was greased,gress i can't complain thro 110,000 mls on the bike,the first major expence