Rear drive maintenance at tire changes

[Berg_Donk]

Assembly lube is for putting an engine together and ensuring its not dry on first start. Its like a thick oil and I wouldn't use it as a grease substitute in the final drive.

 

[Checkswrecks]

Assembly lube???


The good book calls for gear oil for the rear drive case and people have learned to use moly lube for the shaft splines.

 

[Berg_Donk]

What brand of Moly Grease do people use for lubing the shaft splines? I am on Amazon and don't want to spend $30 for a tub of Liqui Moly but I see MoS2 Engine Assembly paste in reasonable tubes. Is that the right stuff?

I should have quoted, sorry for any confusion.

 

[whisperquiet]

I use my supply of the now discontinued Honda Moly 60 paste.......this looks like the successor.
http://prohondaoils.com/maintenance/moly-paste/

 

[EricV]

I use my supply of the now discontinued Honda Moly 60 paste.......this looks like the successor.
http://prohondaoils.com/maintenance/moly-paste/

Except that it's not. Moly 60 was never an "assembly paste", and Moly 77 is an assembly paste. Intended as described by Berg_Donk correctly. It's not intended to stick around, just be there to avoid issues on initial start up. Different animal, despite containing Moly for high pressure gear applications, (during initial start up on a new motor).

I prefer a redline assembly paste for that application, but paste and grease are different animals that do NOT interchange.

 

[RCinNC]

Based on the info from this thread, I decided to do the driveshaft maintenance when I pull my rear wheel to change the rotor and brakes. This is the stuff I bought to grease the driveshaft splines; I hope it's correct.

Now if only those rotor bolts I ordered would get here, I'd be good to go.....

 

[EricV]

You did just fine. ::008:: I think I'll try and score some of that when I hit the Yamaha dealer next time. Just about out of my tube of Honda Moly 60.

 

[rmunch44]

Oh man, pulled the pumpkin off today and found all this mess. Check your swingarm plugs if you're taken them off road. Obviously mine had fallen out some time ago.
Thanks for everyones posts for the help.

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[Juan]

Wheels are off and ready for a tyre change. Since the bike has 33k kms I'm thinking of pulling the pumpkin and lubricating the splnes. The rear gears (wheel hub and pumpkin) look well greased, but I will clean and regrease with Moly60 (I still have some left). I expect the front spline (U-joint side) to also be well greased, but again I will clean it and regrease it. I'm not sure about regreasing the front spline with Moly60 since the female part attached to the U-joint will have LS grease on it. Will Moly 60 be compatible with LS grease?

 

[Checkswrecks]

Wheels are off and ready for a tyre change. Since the bike has 33k kms I'm thinking of pulling the pumpkin and lubricating the splnes. The rear gears (wheel hub and pumpkin) look well greased, but I will clean and regrease with Moly60 (I still have some left). I expect the front spline (U-joint side) to also be well greased, but again I will clean it and regrease it. I'm not sure about regreasing the front spline with Moly60 since the female part attached to the U-joint will have LS grease on it. Will Moly 60 be compatible with LS grease?

Don't worry about mixing - After those miles there won't be much left of the original LS, which Yamaha applies very sparingly in the first place. I just load up the splines on the shaft and slide them forward without cleaning the female splines up front.

 

[Juan]

Well, I regreased everything and put the pumpkin back on. The four nuts holding the pumpkin have the normal washers. But two of the nuts also have a groved washer (the one with teeth to grip) besides the normal washer. As far as I can tell, the teethed washers are on the outside bottom bolt and on the inside top bolt (not absolutely sure though, as the washes fell out). The parts catalogue only shows the normal washers. Any idea why there are these extra two teethed washers?

 

[Checkswrecks]

I just put it back together the way it came apart.

 

[VRODE]

Took mine apart during the rear tire change. Surprising amount of lube on the splines and everything was clean inside (14K). Wiped, lubed and put together.

 

[Don in Lodi]

Well, I regreased everything and put the pumpkin back on. The four nuts holding the pumpkin have the normal washers. But two of the nuts also have a groved washer (the one with teeth to grip) besides the normal washer. As far as I can tell, the teethed washers are on the outside bottom bolt and on the inside top bolt (not absolutely sure though, as the washes fell out). The parts catalogue only shows the normal washers. Any idea why there are these extra two teethed washers?

Somewhere along the way somebody threw those in. They're called lock washers or split washers.