Terminal U jointon 03 Cali EV

[Wes Stephens]

Hi to all,  Just want to write that after becoming complacent about the great Guzzi reliability with 110 K plus miles the old girl let me down.  When I rolled her out for a tire pressure check on the center stand before heading out to the Council Grove rally rear wheel rotation wasn't smooth.  I hadn't noticed anything wrong the day before,  but after warm up ride of 10 miles the jerky rotation turned into a clunk.   Anyway new parts are on the way from Jim Figgins at Ned's Auto in Riverside Iowa and all will be fine next week.  Thanks for reading,  and am sorry I missed my Kansas neighbors.
Wes in MO  

[oldbike54]

 Good luck Wes .

 Dusty

[fotoguzzi]

Nice to find that in your own driveway and not halfway to Kansas.

[pete roper]

Don't neglect to change the UJ support bearing at the same time. They cost pennies and will wear/dry out over time.

Pete

[n3303j]

Pulled the U-Joint on my 49K mIle '98 V11EV. All the spider bearings were fine BUT the rear yoke was almost 2 millimeters loose in the carrier bearing. That explained the vibrations at 60. A fair amount of the wear was on the bearing inner race!

Replaced carrier bearing and universal. All is once again smooth at speed