33K, Driveshaft Replacement

Hey guys, I have just found my spline in a bad way. I have had the bike serviced regularly the whole time. Do we have a reference to the maintenance bulletin from Triumph instructing dealers to grease the spline. I have asked Triumph Australia to assist.
Cheers
 

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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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ONE customer has 47, 000 miles on his 265 hp Roadster and no driveshaft problems so whats going on with
YES exactly
 
THAT drive shaft was never serviced ?
 
JoseyR3Wales said:
Almost an even trade and extra Rocket III parts will appear on the Classified section if I go through with this or a Scrambler.

Bye for now.
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DONT know whats up with your bike how often did you lube the driveshaft ?
 
WELL do not use the **** lockup clutches they are the cause of these failures
 
Dont know what that was but obviously no good find a better shop to service your bike
 
ALL shaft drive motorcycles require lubing the driveshaft every 10,000 miles so if your running car tires remember to do this with the proper grease not some crap that some Harley shop uses
 
Okay....so here is my comment and question. My shaft splines were not lubed at my first rear tire change at 7K. I'm sure the guy I had swap the tire out didn't do this. I plan to do this at the next tire change as I will be jacking up and removing the tire myself this time. In looking at the service manual, it looks like I have to remove the rear shock bolt and the 4 other acorn nuts to remove the bevel box to allow access to the driveshaft spline. My question is...once this is done, does the whole drive shaft pull out so you can access both ends or not? Are we talking about just lubricating the bevel box end of the shaft or somehow doing both ends? Does the shaft somehow receive lubrication where it attaches at the engine? The manual addresses the specifics about making sure you insert the axle shaft before tightening and torquing the bevel box bolts , but I don't see much as to whether the drive shaft pulls out. Are there any pitfalls I should be aware of when lubing or more specifically assembling the drive shaft back on the bevel box? This will be on the touring model, not the roadster.
 
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