Honda GL1000 Driveshaft Replacement
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2018
- Replacement of the Honda GL1000 swing arm assembly on a 1976 GoldWing. A comprehensive video showing all of the steps. There are a few narration bloopers but I am sure you can see around them.
The driveshaft u-joint broke after about 250,000 miles. It was showing signs of slop before this happened but I did not change it in time. Do not let this happen to you as you may become stranded for many hours and ruin your entire day.
This video shows replacement of an entire swing arm assembly because I was able to buy the swing arm with the driveshaft for less than half of the price of the shaft alone. ($60 including shipping)
I hope this video helps others in the same way so many CZcams videos have helped me.
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good camera work, good verbal explanations, good editing, no crappy music or barking dogs in the background. if i could have given it 10 thumbs up i would have. excellent how-to !
Mr. Kennedy, you are a genius. Thank you for sharing such a comprehensive and complete video. Well done sir, very well done.
Thank you so much for the wonderful tear down. Im new to having a gl1000 and love finding a community of people who still love them and ride them.
Thank you. Exactly what I needed. I don't have a manual and this is much better. Excellent job!
I helped my son put a replacement engine in his 1979 GL1000. We could not get the splines to mate so had to remove the swing arm to clean the spline. it is a snug fit, even when clean. Would have been so much easier to clean when the engine was out.
Excellent video! Very well done with good visibility and specs. Much appreciated!
Love that sulfur yellow. I have one with 49,000 miles.
My u-joint was bad and stumbled across your video. Though mine did not grenade it was dry with a lot of slop. Bought a used one and did the same thing you did. Thank you for your excellent video
wow , I agree with the folks below. what a awesome video. great detail and explanations. You really saved my son a lot of time with your detailed explanation.
This is an amazing video. Extremely detailed. I recently bought a 77 gl1000 for cheap because of the bad ujoint (destroyed completely). I’ve never messed with motorcycles (diesel tech) before and this made it easy. Great job!
I love your video the camera angles and this was completely informative and a really fantastic video you described everything in detail I really appreciate it
Well done. Really nice presentation. Thanks for the heads up in the pricey but necessary spline grease.
This is a very well done video and complete. I will be using it to change out my driveshaft, because yesterday I think the U-joint on my 76 went out right next to the Igloo in Wenatchee.
Thanks Elijah. I hope your fix goes smooth!
thanks
You should use Molly grease instead of all purpose grease. Much better qualities and lasts longer.
Thanks for the video. I’ve read that using moly paste is better for the final drive splines, something about it having better compressive qualities than other lubricants.
Thanks for the advice Si. The information from the factory manual is good but new tech is better!
You should definitely use moly grease at least 60% content. All drive shaft motorcycle are using this grease nowadays because of past failures
also extremely fantastic verbal narration
Thanks for making this video. I will pretty much do this same procedure starting today on my 1985 Ltd with only 37k kms. I just want to know that all the grease is new and she should be ready to go for another 10 yrs.
Love the bungee cord
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Great video by the way.
Great video! Many thanks sir!
Very helpful thanks
Well done.
A brass brush would have worked perfectly on those splines for cleaning, brass is much softer than the steel shaft, it would only clean it really good and not scuff or gouge... but you got it!
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Excellent video and thanks for taking your time and not rushing through it. Could you be so kind to tell me what shocks you have on that bike. I have the same bike and color.
They are the same shocks it came with! So they must be Honda shocks. I do need to change them one of these days.
you work nice , good video
Thanks a lot for sharing
Great video¡¡¡
Shouldn't it be black moly60 paste..?
Can't buy it no more. Honda and BMW forums are full of guys running around like chickens with their heads off. The consensus seems to be that M77 is OK.
I had one of those Gold wings (1976 red color). sold it 20 years ago with 28000 miles. I'm curious how many miles are on your bike.
I am curious about it too! A rough estimate would be around 300K miles. I am on the third speedometer and the odometers keep dying on me. It has never been rebuilt but I converted the quad carbs into a single.
i have the same bike sulfer yellow
I'm new to Goldwings. I have no problems going through gears etc but get a little noice when letting off gas, in gear, coming to a stop. Not drive shaft I hope. 85 Aspencade, 80.400 miles.
Rocky, I am glad to hear you liked the video. I am sorry you are hearing noises when you decelerate. When the u-joint goes out, the symptoms are quite different than what you are experiencing. The u-joint will cause slop on acceleration AND deceleration. There are a number of possible causes for your issue. Inspecting the drive hub for slop can be done on the tool stand. Make sure everything is greased properly, etc. The problem could be anywhere in the drive train. Inspection is the first step.
Hi I just bought my first Goldwing GL1100 and am close to 70.
This bike really suits my age and I love to ride whenever I get a chance.
Just one question I've been wanting to know.
Witherspoon the bike in the center stand and in gear how much should the rear wheel turn freely?
Mine is moving about 2 inches.
Is that normal?
Thanks for the great video.
Welcome to the Goldwing world! My rear wheel does the same as you describe so I don't see it as a problem.
@@mansonboys Thank you so much for a quick reply, it puts my mind at ease thinking something may be wrong.
Have a great Christmas with your family.
I’m a new rider, bought my first bike-81 Goldwing GL1100-last summer, and last fall I was riding and the rear wheel locked up. Transmissions still shifts, engine starts up, but no matter the gear, the r ear wheel doesn’t turn. I’ve been told by various people it sounds like the drive shaft has seized, which brought me to your video. I have to do the repairs, whatever they are, on my own, and was wondering what your thoughts are, if you don’t mind. 🙂
Welcome to the Goldwing world! When my u-joint went out, the wheel still turned. If your rear wheel will not turn at all, you will need to start by removing the rear wheel and see if the drive gear is turning or not. Keep working your way through the drive train until you find what is causing the problem.
@@mansonboys I appreciate the advice, will do, thanks!
Did you count the revolutions of the pivot bolts everybody that is commented on my post has mentioned telling the revolutions and even the Haynes manual says to
I followed the procedure in the Honda shop manual.
And since the shop manual apparently says leave two threads visible, they have done your counting for you :) You can download the Honda shop manual free online. Google for it. I found and downloaded it today.
Why didn't honda put oil in the swing arm like the old air cooled BMW's?
Don't have an answer for that one. Maybe someone else knows ....