The Polish rebuild

[matjas]

Took the swingarm out and extracted the shaft. Top is as new. The bottom is beyond bad. I really think it is unsuitable to be put back in have to sleep it over
Didn’t see how bad it was when it was in the swingarm. It is proper shot.

 

[Kevin frazier]

Ive seen many that look like that, never have i seen one strip out or fail because of that end, Just sayin what ive seen and experienced. Keep up the good work bringing it back to life.

 

[TURBO200R4]

i would lube it up good and install it then if i just loved the bike i would take my time and find a later model drive shaft and final drive because they have bigger splines. if interrested i can post a pic of later model fd
hth herman

 

[Steff]

Yes that red dry stuff is not rust. It is dried moly. Surprised me too first time in there. Be sure to coat the splines with new molly paste. You can get a new FD vent from Triumph. Be sure to use no more than 15 NM when installing the tiny drain plug bolt. Any more will snap it. Mine snapped just removing it. Next your starting can be improved by turning the key on twice before cranking. It lets the fuel pump fill the fuel rail better. Also did you replace the fuel filter ? If not, do it. Get a KL 145 from Mahle. Don't waist your money on a Triumph filter. The KL 145 is what they use with a Triumph paint job. On tires look at the new Metzler Cruise Techs if you can not find the Avon Cobra. I use these exclusively. Cobras are very good tires but are really hard to find, if they are even available anymore. There are some really nice exhaust systems for the RIII. I have mine from Viking Exhaust in New Zeeland. Expensive but nice. The owner Paul Bryant is on the forum. Look for used Triumph Off Road commonly called TORs, Stay In Tune, D&D, Jardine and many others you can see talked about on the forum. A very good tune to use is 20228 along with many modified tunes you can find on TuneECU. For the older Rocket III bikes TuneECU works well on a PC Laptop. That is how I connect with mine. I use the Tablet and Dongle on my 2022 Tiger 900 and Bonneville T120. These new bikes will not work on the PC laptop. Good luck.

Good info. I've never used TunEcu. Started messing with it last week. I tried pairing the OBD adaptor to my phone, no joy, so I gave up. Mine is a Gen 1, btw. I've been reading that you can connect via cable. I'll have to check that out.

 

[matjas]

Sure - let’s see the difference between this and the older models splines. Actually I was pretty surprised to see the u joint in there. I thought this was something along the lines of motoguzzi with a round splined gland serving the pivotal/driving role.

As per the tuneecu Stef: first hand info - i have first gen Rocket and the latest tuneecu version i have on my Android tablet requires wireless connection ONLY.
As they stopped the PC version completely if you’re new to all of this I am afraid you’re sentenced to wireless.
The older version might still be kicking on a PC but I guess you will not be able to license it. Just guessing and might be wrong which happened plenty of times before

Thanks for the words of wisdom oj the splines - hope I will not be the first stripper thought even about filling these in with TIG wire and finding a machine shop to have them recut. Have the whole winter for this - we will see. Only thing is I don’t want to dismantle the ujoint but… this also could use some fresh quality grease after all these years. Not fitting greasing zerks in places like that should be punishable by sore pr.ck.

 

[TURBO200R4]

Sure - let’s see the difference between this and the older models splines. Actually I was pretty surprised to see the u joint in there. I thought this was something along the lines of motoguzzi with a round splined gland serving the pivotal/driving role.

As per the tuneecu Stef: first hand info - i have first gen Rocket and the latest tuneecu version i have on my Android tablet requires wireless connection ONLY.
As they stopped the PC version completely if you’re new to all of this I am afraid you’re sentenced to wireless.
The older version might still be kicking on a PC but I guess you will not be able to license it. Just guessing and might be wrong which happened plenty of times before

Thanks for the words of wisdom oj the splines - hope I will not be the first stripper thought even about filling these in with TIG wire and finding a machine shop to have them recut. Have the whole winter for this - we will see. Only thing is I don’t want to dismantle the ujoint but… this also could use some fresh quality grease after all these years. Not fitting greasing zerks in places like that should be punishable by sore pr.ck.

You are probably exspecting pictures lol
the early final drives has a grove around the collar in the middle yours and my 07 has this grove
don' know what year they started making the larger splines will guess around 2009.
now the touring models are different but you can use the pinion gear assy and drive shaft with a little work.
if the pinion has any play it is junk. and will leak.
hth herman

 

[matjas]

I lucked out on the FD - not leaking and no odd play.
Used bigger parts or bikes to be parted are unobtainium in my neck of the woods.