There's no recommended interval at all, so it's up to your intuition. I'd say most folks here will never do it. My '11 Roadster had two FDs go out, so I err on the side of caution and do it about every other rear tire change, which works out to about every 9,000 miles. That factory lube will dry out, so......
Thanks. Good quality Moly grease? My bike has done 10k…no idea if the splines have been creased.At a little over 8k miles I thought it time to lube the splines on the 3R. I'm one of the few who went through a final drive and drive shaft on the older models and have tried since then to do this with every rear tire change or, at least, every other, so every 4 -8,000 miles. Although there was a thin coating on the splines, it looked like it was about time to add some moly. I also change the final drive fluid with each tire change- it's cheap and easy.
The process was pretty straightforward- see pages 1256 - 1264 in the manual. Basically, remove the wheel, rear caliper, disconnect the ABS sensor and the wiring for the license plate, and the four nuts to the bevel box- lube and reassemble.
Here's what it looked like.....
I’m going to do mine (10k miles). Seen some YouTube’s where the splines look very dry and a bit rusty. I figure there in no harm in doing them. Only issue seems to be the studs breaks free of the drive before the nuts loosen. There is a good YouTube on the process.
See post #9 in this thread
My advice is pull the shaft and do both ends. At 12k Kms when I changed my tyre the front of the shaft was drier than the rear end. It's not that difficult if you have a third hand
Glad to see it all worked out for you. Did any of the studs come out?
Cheers. Thanks for your help.
