33K, Driveshaft Replacement

May need to find a young guy with cash and a bucketfull of bravado to buy the beast.
 
Boy I don't want to jinx myself but knock on wood!!! I have 58,000 miles on my 06 with the original drive shaft and rear differential. Of course I have been lubing her every five to seven thousand miles. I used Moly 60 from honda until I got a tub of MolyKote from Dow Corning pretty close to the same thing only more Moly. It seems that Bowing likes to use the stuff, and well good enough for their engineers good enough for my beast. I have been hearing a noise or more like a momentary vibration for the last 7500 miles but I think thats the tire dragging by the pavement from the thrust of the newly developed Warp Drive engine Haven't located the cause which is why I am thinking its from the tire tread slidding by as the torque increases. Only hapeens when I go WOT when the boost is up there.

The shaft wearing is not from annealing as annealing softens the metal. Is it the heat treatment and temporing ? Good question but if it is not hard or tough enough then it would most likely be a whole lot of Rockets down.

Very few piece of eqipment ever die of over lubrication.
 
You're right Warp, lubrications is the key . I will be learning from this and re-greasing at every tyre change in future. Mind you that wouldn't be much good if I was on the dark-side .
 
Just imagine the poor guys who have the Carpenter kits!!!!!!!!!!! 240 or 210HP will really screw them up if it's a heat treating problem, or an under engineered drive shaft!!
 
Easy now!


I also recently had the driveshaft problem with lubrication. But, I've had my Rocket for 8 years and it's been really reliable. A solid machine that never has let me sitting on the side of the road. I'd buy another one tomorrow if I needed a new bike.
No modifcations and only 38K but.....it starts and I ride!
I have freinds with other brands and they all have issues. Once you know the issue it can be overcome.
It's a great bike!
 
So Josey, are youy you implying that you pull that square tire off every 6-10K miles to grease your splines?

I suspect that yours and rainman's and prolly a bunch of other Darksiders have forgotten to perform this necessary maintainence routine regularly, which just happens to need to be done at about the same time that most motorcycle tires require replacement.
 
I think y'all are missing the point. When the rear tire is changes yes we grease the shaft but WHO pulls it apart and greases the gears inside when they change a tire. Especially since triumph doesn't call for that as routine maintenance or even every 10 or 20 thousand like having the valves checked. Just admit triumph has screwed up more than once on there maintenance issues. Hell I might trade for a victory. I have a trouble free 1999 Yamaha so I would have no issue with one of them either
 

Hey darlin are you refering to the splines the wheel hub fits onto. If so I imagine everyone does them it the ones inside on the aft end of the drive shaft that matters. I grease mine every 5000 miles 7500 at the most if I get a tire to last that long.

I remember Triumph of Oz sending out a service anouncement to all their dealers to grease the splines. Not sure if the USA got one or not but the form raised this issue prior to Triumph of OZ sending out the notice. I especially remember guys like Hell Fire giving IMFASTOO grief when he told people they should, so if your out there and have not payed attention to the sites well I guess there is always the tried and true learn the hard way mode.

Of course I also hope people start to listen so they do not have to go thru so much grief either.
 
muleskinner said:
Just imagine the poor guys who have the Carpenter kits!!!!!!!!!!! 240 or 210HP will really screw them up if it's a heat treating problem, or an under engineered drive shaft!!
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Whats there to imagine, I have 58000 miles on my bike 30,000 on the Blower kit and over 7500 miles on the Carpenter goodies, With extra stuff like Titainium intake vales and seats made from Unobtainium (NASA material) Crower rods and still the blower kit. I lubricate mine and hae not had the problem. I am surprised that even the oil in the rear differential looks new everytime I change it.

I am prepared to replace it, as most likely the Horse Power and Torque I throw at mine is unmatched by any Rocket on the planet.
 
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