Broke My 14 a Little but Checked Drive Shaft Grease

Dumb but when I park at work I put gear in one side bag and helmet in the other. I put my dirty old leather chaps on top of the rear tire. Ran an errand during the day and put on my jacket and helmet and took off. My leathers got stuck, locked up the rear tire and tore my rubber flap and put a crack on my inner fender. I fixed the crack and installed new rubber flap. While I had rear wheel off I pulled drive shaft and u-joint to check the grease. The engine splines were almost dry and rusting. I cleaned everything and lubed with Honda moly 60. Only 6000 miles and not enough grease. Heads up to check your u-joints and splines.

So your bike's driveline looked dry like the ones pictured here?

https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php/topic/157505-gen-3-usual-lack-of-grease/

Any grease on the driven/drive splines on the rear wheel?

Looks like with only a few miles on my '14, I'll be giving it a grease job.

Yup, with a little more rust.

Now we know chaps are dangerous for yet another reason.

The first reason is chaps won't save the body part most likely to come into contact during a get-off. They were originally intended as weather protection on the wild prairie, and against various annoyances such as mesquite and cactus, whilst ridin' the range with the herd.

Even armoured riding jeans offer better protection. Full leather pants, armored, are quite possibly best, but there are some good armored textile ones available that, while they may look gauche, could save your a$$ from pavement rash..

OTOH, at times, chaps can be rather fetching:

Hated chaps. Now, after looking at that picture, I'm not hating them any more.

I'd also check the suspension relay arm bearings, sorry to say !

MartyO said:

. While I had rear wheel off I pulled drive shaft and u-joint to check the grease. The engine splines were almost dry and rusting.

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I hear that this is not unusual. I expect to be getting a new FJR in 2 or 3 weeks. Checking the rear drive is one of the things at the top of the list.

I love those sets of chaps and what their filled with, but from experience, a NSFW warning is prolly now appropriate. I know, I know, but even I know when the line is crossed. Just ask Iggy about the naked Santa on the lawn mower with his nads hanging out.

Thank you Silver Spirit, what a great way to start my Easter morning. Feel free to post up any time you feel the urge.

Canadian FJR

Yeah, a little NSFW.

I'm at home, and I can keep that picture up as long as I like today.

Although not as lovely as my wife in her chaps.

Back on topic: Now I need to check my '13s u-joint and splines.