Swing arm bearing and Shock linkage Lube

[mikevujcich]

Just the rear. This question has come up before and the answer was that the engine side rarely wears out, but the FD side certainly does and has for me. I replaced the drive shaft on my Roadster, which involved removing the swing arm- so, see, it is "somewhat" thread related ;-). Sorry, again, to the OP for this going off topic...

I don't know about 15k as the magic number (9,321 miles for us Yanks), but I tend to do mine every other rear tire change, which is 4,000 miles- so, ~8,000 miles. I think every third would be OK. But, you definitely need to do it. The Rockets apply a heck of a lot more force there than almost all other bikes and when that lube dries out (which it will) you are going to wear that drive shaft out prematurely. As I've mentioned, I've replace a drive shaft and two final drives on my '11 Roadster. Wait for the mileages to kick up on the 2.5s and we'll be reading here about both going out- just wait....

why would splines / shaft needs to be lubed every 15000K,

are there other cars which have same schedule for lubing splines? I dont think so

other BMW motorcycles with shaft doesnt have such schedule as well,

@Journeyman Did you lube both sides of shaft when you lubed your splines or just the rear side, if just the rear side then how to do the other side going towards engine?

Yes, both sides and there was metal to metal at the front spline in places.
Just take off the shield, 2 fixings, remove the engine cover below, 7 ? 8mm fixings, squeeze the plastic cover to remove it and bingo, lube away.
For reassembly I found it's much easier to assemble the rear to the bevel box first then engage the front spline.

 

[mikevujcich]

can you clarify the tool number you mentioned, you are saying "T3880101 frame adjustment wrench." while the everywhere else its named as "Triumph Cylinder Liner Extractor 74mm T3880101"

 

[Journeyman]

Yes, both sides and there was metal to metal at the front spline in places.
Just take off the shield, 2 fixings, remove the engine cover below, 7 ? 8mm fixings, squeeze the plastic cover to remove it and bingo, lube away.
For reassembly I found it's much easier to assemble the rear to the bevel box first then engage the front spline.

Great info- I didn't even look into it based on what a PIA it is on the 2.3s. For once, something easier to do on the 2.5s. Thanks

 

[mikevujcich]

can you clarify the tool number you mentioned, you are saying "T3880101 frame adjustment wrench." while the everywhere else its named as "Triumph Cylinder Liner Extractor 74mm T3880101"

 

[sunny]

Need advice on removing swing arm from this point, disassembly, bearing lube, reassembly and shock pivots lube please

alright, who can help me here, I am confused what is OP trying to remove

what is OP trying to adjust with this tool, where will the tool go? this website says its for use with street triple only

Triumph Street Triple Frame Adjusting Tool Part No. T3880181

gbmotorcycleproducts.com

is he trying to remove stuff below and grease it? or its something else?

Which section of the factory manual should I refer to for what OP is trying to accomplish?

 

[mikevujcich]

alright, who can help me here, I am confused what is OP trying to remove

what is OP trying to adjust with this tool, where will the tool go? this website says its for use with street triple only

Triumph Street Triple Frame Adjusting Tool Part No. T3880181

gbmotorcycleproducts.com

is he trying to remove stuff below and grease it? or its something else?

Which section of the factory manual should I refer to for what OP is trying to accomplish?

 

[mikevujcich]

What does OP stand for.
Anyway just looking at self serving swing arm and shock linkage lubrication.
The R3 manual I have access to says you will need the tool mentioned above to reinstall the swing arm.

alright, who can help me here, I am confused what is OP trying to remove

what is OP trying to adjust with this tool, where will the tool go? this website says its for use with street triple only

Triumph Street Triple Frame Adjusting Tool Part No. T3880181

gbmotorcycleproducts.com

is he trying to remove stuff below and grease it? or its something else?

Which section of the factory manual should I refer to for what OP is trying to accomplish?

You are correct, correct pn is T3880183 per manual.
Mistake was caused by Triumph World listing on its site, lucky I never ordered it , thanks.
The tool seems the only real hindrance to doing swing arm and rear suspension linkage lubrication ?
Where did you get your manual btw ?
My download links don't work in mine, (from journeymans version).

 

[mikevujcich]

What does OP stand for.
Anyway just looking at self serving swing arm and shock linkage lubrication.
The R3 manual I have access to says you will need the tool mentioned above to reinstall the swing arm.

You are correct, correct pn is T3880183 per manual.
Mistake was caused by Triumph World listing on its site, lucky I never ordered it , thanks.
The tool seems the only real hindrance to doing swing arm and rear suspension linkage lubrication ?
Where did you get your manual btw ?
My download links don't work in mine, (from journeymans version).

 

[mikevujcich]

Lube the splines...

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...

www.r3owners.net

Sorry, now back to the swing arm....

Hey Journeyman.
I downloaded the manual from your link but the links in it don't work.
Any input ?

 

[Journeyman]

Hey Journeyman.
I downloaded the manual from your link but the links in it don't work.
Any input ?

Mike- yeah, no way for me to fix that, unfortunately. I took a version someone else posted and ran it through an OCR program so that you could word search. If anyone has an original copy they could share the links would work too.