lucky phil
Cruisin' Guzzisti
Was checking the drive shaft on the V11 sport the other day and noticed some play/movement in the pinion shaft.I removed the bevel box/drive assy and I have approx .4mm total radial play and approx .075mm axial.
Reading through some old posts I came across Peter Ropers thread on this from 2004 at the V11 forum which was very interesting.
I tried to tap/drift the large ring nut tighter and looser but it wouldnt move,so I guess I need to make a tool.
Question is.....is the play/movement I have excessive for a 40,000klm old unit? I know in an ideal world it should be next to zero but I dont fancy pulling the whole unit apart to check bearings that may not be new but stll quite ok to continue in operation.
I also drained the oil to check for metal contamination but the previous owner has obviously used some sort of Molly additive and the oil is as black as tar and its almost impossible to see anything in it.The mag plug came up fine with just some black paste I would expect to see.So apart from the noted pinion shaft play there is nothing else I am concerned about.....thoughts?
Ciao
Reading through some old posts I came across Peter Ropers thread on this from 2004 at the V11 forum which was very interesting.
I tried to tap/drift the large ring nut tighter and looser but it wouldnt move,so I guess I need to make a tool.
Question is.....is the play/movement I have excessive for a 40,000klm old unit? I know in an ideal world it should be next to zero but I dont fancy pulling the whole unit apart to check bearings that may not be new but stll quite ok to continue in operation.
I also drained the oil to check for metal contamination but the previous owner has obviously used some sort of Molly additive and the oil is as black as tar and its almost impossible to see anything in it.The mag plug came up fine with just some black paste I would expect to see.So apart from the noted pinion shaft play there is nothing else I am concerned about.....thoughts?
Ciao