tjwood
Just got it firing!
Hi. Today I removed the rear wheel on my 2022 V7 Special for the very first time. It was really difficult to pull the wheel off the bevel drive hub. Once the wheel was off, I was surprised to see that the bore in the bevel drive where the dust seal and righthand wheel spacer sits (just inboard of the dogs that engage with the rubber buffers in the wheel when the wheel is fitted) was extremely rusty. It wasn’t just surface rust that you could merely wipe off with a cloth, it was really hard ‘crusty’ rust that could only just be chipped off and scraped off with a screwdriver. The bore is (or was) just bright shiny steel that has no grease on it. Should there be grease on that metal area to prevent rusting as water must get in there very easily? It just doesn’t seem right that bare steel should be unprotected as it will just get rustier and rustier as time goes on and may eventually prevent the wheel from being removed at all. I’ve got various greases ranging from general purpose high temp grease to black moly grease, red rubber grease and very sticky blue outboard motor grease. I’m sure that one of those would prevent further rusting but I don’t want to affect the rubber blocks in the wheel hub. Any advice gratefully accepted. Thanks.
Regards
Tony
Regards
Tony