Drive Shaft seized on the final drive splines

[Grumpy Goat]

Wayne sorry to hear about your problems with the front clip. That has got to be frustrating especially after starting the reassembly price.

Hope the clip is easy to find.

John I have a feeling it was never installed. When I went back to the bike after posting the above account, I used a magnet on an extendable pole and it retrieved nothing. Of course I still had the shaft installed back onto the front spline.

I decided that with the ease at which it came off the front spline while still being attached to the final drive spline, it was likely never there. Most I can figure is that it is there to provide some resistance so that when the final drive is rotated down, it stays attached to the front spline. But with no groove in the front coupling, there would be no "click" engagement even if the circlip was installed on the spline. Bike was fine on the short test ride afterwards.

I'll install one in 12k miles when I do this service again, just for completeness. Meanwhile I am now out of Castrol rear drive oil. Have to buy some more.