Good Morning Gents,
I'm taking my time pulling my K1100rs apart after experiencing front u joint failure last week. I have sourced a new used driveshaft and it's on the way to me.
The topic of shaft phasing has me a bit puzzled. My driveshaft has a rubber coupling between the front and back half. Although I haven't tried, it doesn't appear that it's able to be disassembled. I've also seen some K shafts that appear to have a set of splines coupling the front and back halves together.
Does phasing apply to Paralever drive bikes? I'm assuming that phasing means the position of the u joints realitive to each other. If the shaft is permanently put together with the rubber sleeve, how could these positions change?
When I get my new shaft, I want things to go together right. Hence the questions.
It'll be awhile before I'm up and running again. I'm going to pull the trans, clean and lube the splines and probably pull the clutch for inspection and to replace a rear main seal and/or clutch o ring. I have an oil leak from the engine/trans junction and no doubt one of those two is the origin of the leakage.
Thanks,
Charlie
