I saw a link with pictures on how to do this easily but now cant find it, i think it even mentioned not removing shocker etc
1984 2valve RS

got me bill ...what exactly were you planing ?... are we talking about lubricating the rear splines to the bevel box ?

I think i mean the rear spline where it goes into the rear wheel drive, its the spline that has the most for/ aft movement

there should be little moovement ,,,the tail shaft fits to the output shaft of the gearbox where a universal joint is situated ...it should click home as there is a internal fitting circlip- spring clip in the uj nose which locates in a groove on the gearbox output splines .

but the splines on the driveshaft to bevel box is where there can be moovement ...some folks here did some measurements and found it quite small .

in any case special molly grease should be used for that sliding joint ...the early series tail shafts had 16 teeth splines where as after 86 they had 20 tooth


my early series tail shaft and pinion to the bevel box had lots of moovement about 2 mm in and out of the rear drive ....which is wrong ...there should be spacers etc that hold the pinion in place real firmly so that wear on the gears is correctly calibrated etc


there have been a couple of tutorials on how to remove the drivr line for lubrication in here ....is that what you are looking for ?

if so, i can find it for you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Cs_RNtrN35A

That one will do, but the one Im sure i found here had a link to written an stills and only did the rear spline, with everything hanging in place

yes your right bill

i have seen that one also ...sometimes hard to find again , especially when its part of an ongoing thread and not mooved as a portion to the how to section .

but i think most things are covered pretty well, one way or another

the german being spoken is not a hinderance at all ...the pics tell the story i guess

put the bike on the cnterstand , pull the wheel , take the 4 allen bolts that bolt the drive to the swing arm dont have to move shock or brake pull back on driven apply grease and reinstall easy breesy ive done mine so many time i can do it in my sleep thanks to a bent swingarm

I remove the speedo sensor from the final drive housing but leave the wheel and shock attached. With the bike on the center stand (or centre stand for you Brits and Aussies) shim the rear tire with some wood. After removing the speedo sensor so you are not limited by the slack in the wire, unscrew the final drive housing from the swingarm (four 8 mm allen head cap screws ) and roll the whole final drive back just far enough to get an acid brush in there to clean the splines and dab some lube on them. Then roll the wheel back and align the male splines of the pinion to the female splines of the drive shaft. Fifteen minute job I do at every 10,000 mile service.

Of course now that I converted to Paralever the spline lube just became a much more demanding job.