This is the BEST VIDEO on youtube for ANY Yamaha XVS650 V Star owners to see. You also have to grease the differential splines on the Yamaha XVS 1100 V Star. If the splines are not greased they WILL FAIL.
I had to have that piece made by a turner because of this (and because I live in Venezuela and this was at the peak of the crisis), not particularly the easiest piece to make mind you, no one wanted to have anything to do with it because how the other end is shaped but in the end it turned out alright.
Great video! I chose to service my Vstar 650 myself. It was not a very easy job with the jack and other tools I had. Its almost a two man job when reinserting the drive shaft back into the engine splines. Next time I will pay a reputable repair shop and have them do the work. I am over 70 years old, so that didn't help!
@@brileymitchell2632 Well thank you! I have over 50 years of riding experience, and I used to be the service manager of Honda of Waikiki in Hawaii so that helped a little but I am finished with wrenching anymore. I will still change the oil on the bike but my cars......I'll just pay somebody to do it! Thanks again!
The thing about the shaft drive is, the less you mess around with it, the better. Just change the shaft oil every 25000km as in the manual and call it a day.
I hope you will get the bike you dream about! If you want it bad enough...you will have it for sure!!! Thanks for your interest and please subscribe.... it will help me out 😊
Hello, how many miles before you have to do it? I got 9000 miles on my bike, got my tires replaced before I seen your video, I dont know if they did it, I doubt it.
No ... This is not going to affect your oil. It is dry and on the outside of the unit... precisely the reason why it goes bad if you don't periodically lube it with grease...thanks for your interest! Ride safe
when you put it back together - do you you have to install it on the bike and align the 4 acorn nuts/studs or can you assemble the whole thing on the floor and put it right back onto the bike?
The best grease to use for this job is Honda Moly 60, a very high moly grease that is optimized for durability on driveshaft splines. Also, you don't mention the torque specs and the specific sequence of reassembly and torquing.
The best and the most long-lasting lubrication would be a spline lube which is hard to find but any axle grease is better than nothing. Make sure you check that every time you change the tire
@@DoityourselfMotorcyclerepairs NO NO NO NO NO! it MUST be 60% moly paste. Axle grease or brake lube WILL DESTROY THE SPINES IN ABOUT 2000 miles The splines are lubed for the life of the bike with the proper 60% MOLY paste - you dont need to lube them for 100,000 miles but if you wipe that off and put axle grease on the splines you will destroy them before the next oil change
The best stuff is a spline lube ..no matter the brand. Axle grease doesn't stick as good and itwill fly off some ..but anything is better than leaving it dry. Thank you for your interest and please subscribe to help me out
@@DoityourselfMotorcyclerepairs thanks. Last question: how did you remove the shaft from the final drive? I yanked on mine but it wasn't coming out and I didn't want to force it in case it broke something.
@@DoityourselfMotorcyclerepairs will it hurt anything if I already did this on my 1100? For a long time I was meaning to do this because everybody was saying to.. only tonight did I realize it only applied to the 650! Last weekend I put moly paste on the splines in there- do you think it might cause an issue? Because now I’m realizing it’ll be mixed with the gear oil. Not sure if that could mess anything up.
The 1100 V star don't have this problem...you don't need to do anything except your regular oil change in the differential. Thank you for looking at my video and please subscribe it will help me out 😊
Lube it with what? You should make a video of actually doing a step by step of how to live it for amateurs....like me 😂. Either way, thanks for the video
@@kenwittlief255 yes but at the time I couldn’t justify the 1200$ they wanted for a new one and I’ve put over 35k on it like that with zero issue I just change the oil every 7500 miles or so
Your intentions are good but you are doing more harm than good with this video. The spines are lubed at the factory with 60% moly paste. It is the ONLY lube you can use on the splines. Axle grease will be thrown off and the spines will be destroyed in about 2000 miles. There is no scheduled maintenance for lubing them in the owners manual or shop manual because that factory 60% moly paste will last 100,000 miles. BUT: IF you take your bike to a shop that does not know how to handle a shaft drive to get your rear tire changed, and they wipe off the 60% MOLY paste and put axle grease on it, your drive shaft is TOAST. If someone watches this video and wipes off the factory 60% MOLY paste and puts on axle grease.... same deal. I only know of one source for the correct lube: Loctite Moly Paste 51048. An 8oz bottle is about $35 online. DONT use anything else unless it clearly states it is 60% moly. The Vstar 650 is the most reliable motorcycle made (Consumer Reports), and a big part of that is the shaft drive requires NO maintenance and its bullet proof. But its not fool proof. If you buy a used bike and pull the back wheel off the moly should look dark grey or black on the splines. If they look brown or caramel like axle grease, then dont ride the bike till you get the proper 60% Moly. If you are not sure dont risk it. The rear hubs sell used for hundreds of dollars, and again these bikes are highly reliable, so the only ones you normally find being parted out are wrecks.
Thank you so much for this comment glad to read it, just got myself a 1998 dragstar, love the bike, with comments like yours i can give it as much love as she needs!
the whole thing just slips right out...it would probably take more effort to do it any other way. Don't feel discouraged by taking the whole assembly out. It's done every time the tire is changed anyways...thanks for your interest and please subscribe to see more in the future
@@houseofbadgers9380 that one is never a problem but I always lube it when doing tire change because it's right in front of me...won't hurt...thanks for your interest and please subscribe... it will help me out 🙂
Is it possible to do that without taking the rear wheel off?? I am thinking about just taking those 4 bolts out and sliding the cover to put some moly grease?? Thank you for the video Boss
