Help Needed: Driveshaft Service

**tomm** · 06-23-2009, 04:58 PM

Hi All,
In the middle of servicing the drive shaft on my 2008 Nomad, and have a question. I am following the procedure on Gadget's web site, and am at the point where I'm about to release that little pin and slide the driveshaft back. There are all sorts of warnings about not losing that little pin. The problem is that once I release it and pull the driveshaft back, the pin hole slides back into the swing arm. How do I keep from losing it if I can't get to it.
Am I supposed to remove the swing arm first? Does the driveshaft slide all the way out? Doesn't look like the U-joint will fit through the narrow part.
This looked relatively straightforward reading through the procedure, but it's starting to get a little hairy now and I don't want to mess something up. Bike has about 10K miles on it, and I'm doing the service now since I'm replacing the rear tire.
Thanks,
Tom

06-23-2009, 04:58 PM	#1
tomm Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Lee, New Hampshire Posts: 568	Help Needed: Driveshaft Service Hi All, In the middle of servicing the drive shaft on my 2008 Nomad, and have a question. I am following the procedure on Gadget's web site, and am at the point where I'm about to release that little pin and slide the driveshaft back. There are all sorts of warnings about not losing that little pin. The problem is that once I release it and pull the driveshaft back, the pin hole slides back into the swing arm. How do I keep from losing it if I can't get to it. Am I supposed to remove the swing arm first? Does the driveshaft slide all the way out? Doesn't look like the U-joint will fit through the narrow part. This looked relatively straightforward reading through the procedure, but it's starting to get a little hairy now and I don't want to mess something up. Bike has about 10K miles on it, and I'm doing the service now since I'm replacing the rear tire. Thanks, Tom __________________ Tom Maziarz (tomm) VBA #00766 2008 Kawasaki Nomad (Black) 1978 Suzuki GS750EC (My son is riding it now.) 2017: National Rally - Lake George, NY 2016: NE US / E Canada Rally - Mont Tremblant, QC 2015: National Rally - Eureka Springs, AR 2014: NE US / E Canada Rally - Lincoln, NH 2012: NE US / E Canada Rally - Wellsboro, PA Login or Register to Remove Ads
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