Final drive and swing arm service

[ctrider]

I got the swing arm, drive shaft and final drive on. The biggest headache was that boot. I don't know it I have it on right. Im pretty sure its sitting in the groove but, if I look down into it I can see the front part of the transmission. From the pics can you tell me if its on right?

[Silent Sam]

..I hope you aint been held up on your re-assembly..however if you are stumped here's a photo of mine...tho with the side cover in place !

I hope it's of help to you...

(the Hole, partly covered by my "rubber boot", is lined up to be able to stick a grease gun thru..and grease the zerk on the U-joint I installed .)

sorry about the out of focus photo, in your photo's it seem's that your boot is not forward far enough...and as I recall once it's seated ..there is a "sping" that fits around it to hold it in place at the front ! ??

[ctrider]

I ended up turning the boot a little just looked that it fit better. It's almost all back together. One of the front seals on the rear caliper was missing. Those back brakes were never changed almost down to the metal. I'll order the seal tomorrow and get the mufflers and bags back on then pray it rides good. Never doing any thing like this before hopefully I didn't use to much grease in swing arm and in the front and back of the drive shaft.

Over all it was a fun 2 full days, just went slow and double checked everything. I didn't do anything with the front except for brakes. There was notching in the steering and no wobbles. I'll do the forks later this year maybe.

Thanks for all the help, the different threads were a lot of help also along with that one from the vulcan forum.

[Silent Sam]

Good Luck..and you cant use to much grease...it's just that 'over-greasing" will cause grease to seep out here and there over time....a clean up issue !

[Geaux360]

I have a 2007 Nomad with 10,700 miles on it. I went to Honda today to buy M-60. M60 has been discontinued. Now they only sell M-77; so M60 has been replaced with M77. I hear that M77 is mostly used for brake jobs. It’s almost 77% moly and it’s a paste. Do you guys think M-77 will be okay to lube the drive shaft, splines, and universal joint?

[VulcanE]

I would just use it on the splines (wheel to final drive, and drive shaft to final drive) and for everything else use a moly bearing grease.