Final Drive Shaft and U-joint Alignment

[AdvToorer]

Jumping into swingarm maintenance and removing final drive... Is it necessary to maintain the spline alignment in the U-joint?
I think not as there's only a single U-joint in the drive train but would like to confirm.

 

[gv550]

One u joint. Just had mine apart yesterday, pull the rear drive off and the shaft comes with it. Lube the splines and insert the shaft into the swingarm, leave the drive coupling on the final drive so you can turn the shaft to re-engage the front spline.