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Posted by John Hopkins
- November 17, 2013, 06:32:57 AMI always whack a handful of grease on the splines when I have the wheel off, it takes less than two minutes to do while the wheel is off.
John.
Posted by pcarrell
- November 15, 2013, 11:36:50 AMYou'll want to have them tighten any loose spokes and true the rims.
Also, get new rim strips and tubes.....it's cheap insurance.
The drive shaft is supposed to be lubed every 7,500 miles, but honestly, most people go much further before they do it. I know one guy who didn't do it until he hit 75,000 miles and he said his looked great when he opened it up. I've gone 25,000 between lube jobs and had no problems. It's your call.
It's also your call if you want them to lube the swing arm or not, but they're already half way there.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- November 15, 2013, 10:13:16 AM8)of course you are putting WWW on that fantastic ride of yours and not wussing out with just black tires......how boring....and no cleaning of black tires....how boring......if you are having them replace the tires have them also look close at all the bearings and such while they have the rims off because you are paying for that time anyway
Posted by Cotton Mouth
- November 15, 2013, 09:39:23 AMOk, I am having a trusted shop install new tires, and will leave it with them if I want more work done. The gorgeous beast has 27,000 on her. Are there any parts I should have replaced or inspected really well? Everything seems ok now, but I wasn't sure about wheel bearings, drive shaft, steering bearings, zerk fitting, etc. I will probably have them do the front spring mod for sure.
Thanks in advance for all advice.