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Offline TaosBrick

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Can clutch spline grease dry out over time?
« on: April 13, 2012, 04:21:14 PM »
I'd mentioned this in my "tranny woes" post, but no one commented on it. My whip is at 33,000, last spline lube done at 28,000. But - the bike sat basically unridden (1000 mi in eleven years) since the spline lube was done in 2001. So should this period since the last lube be a consideration or no?
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Re: Can clutch spline grease dry out over time?
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2012, 06:46:33 PM »
yes, grease dries out.
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Re: Can clutch spline grease dry out over time?
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2012, 07:14:36 PM »
My '97 with 7K miles when I bought it in '05 needed a spline lube as it was dried out.
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Re: Can clutch spline grease dry out over time?
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2012, 08:49:11 PM »
Hmm... guess it IS time for some splientology - sigh...
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Re: Can clutch spline grease dry out over time?
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2012, 08:54:35 PM »
Yep
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Re: Can clutch spline grease dry out over time?
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2012, 11:57:54 PM »
EVERYTHING dries out eventually.  It's time, man....
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Re: Can clutch spline grease dry out over time?
« Reply #6 on: April 14, 2012, 01:39:16 AM »
Your picture showed a decent amount of fuzz but if it had no "chunks" then the transmission is probably okay.  If the  bike is shifting poorly, you're probably due for a an input shaft spline lube.

Yes, everything dries out eventually, that's why they make bacon flavored personal lubricant!  :drool:

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Re: Can clutch spline grease dry out over time?
« Reply #7 on: April 14, 2012, 09:47:21 AM »
I am so looking forward to this! Hey Duck, why isn't there a "rolling my eyes" smiley?
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Re: Can clutch spline grease dry out over time?
« Reply #8 on: April 14, 2012, 09:53:46 AM »
Quote from: TaosBrick on April 14, 2012, 09:47:21 AM
I am so looking forward to this! Hey Duck, why isn't there a "rolling my eyes" smiley?

There is:  :loopy:
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Re: Can clutch spline grease dry out over time?
« Reply #9 on: April 14, 2012, 09:58:09 AM »
Well yeh, the loopy kind. I meant the "oh, the irony" kind.
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Re: Can clutch spline grease dry out over time?
« Reply #10 on: April 14, 2012, 10:03:11 AM »
Quote from: TaosBrick on April 14, 2012, 09:58:09 AM
Well yeh, the loopy kind. I meant the "oh, the irony" kind.

Like this?

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Re: Can clutch spline grease dry out over time?
« Reply #11 on: April 14, 2012, 10:05:49 AM »
Yeah, that would work, in a blatant kinda way.
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