I've restored many GL1000s and GL1100s. The final drive runs in an oil bath, so, the gears will generally show no signs of wear. I have worked on these bikes with well over 100,000 miles on them and final drives are still solid. The only reason to disassemble one of these is if it is leaking oil. Replace a couple seals and a gasket and move on with your day. However, the last time I had one leaking, I could not find new seals. So, I filled it with Lucas Hub Oil and it never leaked again. Lucas Hub Oil rejuvenates the original seals.
seals, shimes, bearings not availadle from honda but bearings can be found ,seals are the hard part. see it on the next visit. hope the pinion is in good shape.
Hi there. Really enjoying your restoration of the Goldwing. I've restored 2 bikes, a Silverwing 650 (naked) and a Goldwing 1982, Aspencade. I just thought I'd mention to you, there is a specific oil used in that diff. It's from Honda, as well as the grease, if I remember correctly. Looking forward to the rest of the assembly. Take care!
@@VJMotoResto Be interesting to see if it's within tolerances when you get to the bottom of it! I'd also like to know if the grease nipple you found painted over on the drive shaft is in fact a grease nipple
There are a lot of non OEM fasteners on this bike! I'm going to replace some of them but leave the ones that make sense, like the Allen bolts on the engine.
I prefer shaft drive. The 82 Goldwing and 83 Silverwing I had were both shaft drive. Much smoother than chains. Both of these bikes had a fair amount of mileage on them. All I did with the diffs were change the fluid with Honda specific, gear oil...lube the grease fitting. That's it. That was just for my own peace of mind, there was no other "need" to do it. My earlier bikes...specifically a Suzuki GT250 went through chains and sprockets pretty quickly...
