Re: Spline Lube

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On Feb 26, 2004, at 12:10, Steve Makohin wrote:

>>
>
> It's different in car vs motorcycle: the BMW Paralever design is such
> that the pivot point is designed in a way that necessitates the
> elongating and shortening of the drive shaft, and therefore requires a
> spline. My understanding is that this does not occur in a car which 
> has a
> fixed-length drive shaft and universal joints connecting the bits
> together.
>
>

Okay, but, what about the transmission input shaft splines, why do they 
need to be lubed? They are fixed just like the tranny on a car.


Robert

95 R11RS
88 KRS Special

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