Guest jimjib Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 How in gods name can you get to the grease zert on upper u-joint? Bottom two (nearest the wheel) no problem but I can see no way to get to the upper one. Makes you want to kill some freaking engineer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jimjib Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 The only way I can see to do it...is to try to drill an access hole in the cover. The only problem with that is that you cant get a straight run at it...and I can see making muck of it real easy. Anyone done this yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tmartin Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 Take the bolt out that holds the rear shock to the swing arm. This will allow the swing arm to drop down. Turn the drive shaft until the grease fitting is facing the top of the shaft. You will have to use a mirror and flashlight to see it. Snake your flexable rubber grease gun hose on top of the drive shaft and using needle nose pliers slide the hose onto the grease fitting and hold it there while you pump grease into the fitting. When you go for a ride all the extra grease will get flung all over the place but you can put some masking tape agound the U-joint and save your self a great deal of clean up. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callison Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 That would explain why all of the screws to my right sidecover were missing after the initial service. I guess I can assume that the greasing was accomplished somehow. The damn screws are $13 each though. Luckily have a slew of old phillips head screws that fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jimjib Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 Tmartin...not to doubt you but have you actually done this? I heard about this procedure but after eyeballing it, I didnt think dropping the swingarm an inch or two would gain me better access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Oliver Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 Hi Jimjib, WHY do you want to do this greasing job ? On all my Guzzis I only grease the u-joint when I put the rear wheel off for a new tire (every ~ 8.000 km). Greasing the joint is an easy job then and it is more often than suggested by Moto Guzzi (inspection plan = every 20.000 Km). There is really no need for shorter greasing intervals. So ... don't break your fingers and enjoy riding instead. Greetings from Hamburg, Germany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jimjib Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 I have 7500 miles on it and the manual says every 12000...just thought I would do it a bit sooner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jimjib Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 Take the wheel off..for some reason that didnt occure to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janusz Posted August 12, 2002 Share Posted August 12, 2002 I did take the whell off and STILL am unable to reach the front zerk. Anybody who was successfull can once and for all explain that? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hank Posted August 13, 2002 Share Posted August 13, 2002 After taking the rear wheel off remove the upper bolt on the rear end. Then you can remove the rear end with one half of the drive shaft. Your drive shaft should have marks where it splits at the splines. If not mark it before you split it. It is very important that it be reassembled in the same position. Timing of the 2 u joints is critical. Also, be careful not to put the weight of the rear end on the U joints durring the process. You can then have much easier access to the front zert. Hank http://www.corywest.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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