Yamaha Vstar 650 97-11 Rear Wheel Removal and Installation and Spline Lubing

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I am not a licensed mechanic, just a young kid who likes to learn and do things himself. Also, Video was set to 1.4x speed if you're wondering.

Yamaha Vstar 650 97-11 Rear Wheel Removal and Installation and Lubing of the Splines

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Spline Lubing

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Motorcycle Jack

Loctite Moly Paste LB8012

Honda Moly Paste M77

[littletigger]

its in 1st gear so it doesnt roll back on you? the rear wheel is in the air so it doesnt matter

[milan]

Please us metric tools on that metric bike.

[robertsebastian]

I like your video! I bought a new coupler when I replaced my pinion shaft bearing and seal and I get in there and grease her up every time I replace my rear tire 🦅

[andymilani]

I just took this apart on my friends Vstar 650 to replace the rear tire. Took the wheel and new tire to yamaha to have it installed and asked about lubing the splines while I was there. After walking to the back to ask one of the mechanics, the guy came back with a tub of plain old waterproof grease and told me to use that. When asked if i needed to wory about lubing the splines every time in the first place, they said "if theyre dry". Why is it that the dealer hands me a tub of regular waterproof grease, when everything else says it has to be a very specific product? 😅 More confused than ever.

[steveguinn]

Why does most everyone suggest using high % moly when the service manual recommends regular lithium grease?

[kenholt]

Japanese motorcycle nuts, bolts, fasteners in general are in Milimeters NOT standard. 😮😂😂😂

[terryrobertson]

Should have had someone else hold the fucking camera. I'm seasick just from watching this.

[kenwittlief]

your video is hap-hazard and hard to follow, and you skipped some important things

but most important you got the correct 60% Loctite moly paste, which is crucial! If anyone puts axle grease on any of the splines they will eat themselves in a few thousand miles, and it cost $500 for a used rear wheel hub and drive shaft assembly. So I give you an A just for that.

But... you dont have to lube the splines every time you take the rear wheel off for a new tire (about every 10k miles) at all! The splines are lubed from the factory for the LIFE of the bike - about 100, 000 miles... so maybe when you change the tire for the TENTH time, lube all the splines. You are more likely to mess something up, or miss one of them, if you do it with every tire change, so its not recommended. BTW, that big gear inside the wheel is a spline: It needs the same moly lube as the drive shaft, not axle grease.

And I will add, if you just got the bike, and you dont know how well it was maintained, it would be good to lube the spines yourself with the loctite Moly paste, just so you know its right.

You dont need to put axle grease on those spacers or the inside of the bearing where they ride on the rear axle - those parts do not spin! The bearing spins inside where you cant see it - if you replace the bearings you have to pack them with new grease - not when you pull the wheel off.

One thing you skipped over that is important: with the 650 custom you can pull the rear wheel straight back off the bike. With the Classic the rear fender is in the way, so you either have to get the bike WAY up in the air (which most MC lifts like yours cannot do), or you have to take 4 bolts out of the rear fender, unplug the connector by the battery, take the seats off, and swing the fender up to get the rear tire off. You skipped this, I dont know how you got the tire out from under the bike and back in.

And you can find the VStar 650 factory service manual all over the internet as a free download PDF file. It has the step by step instructions for taking the rear wheel off, putting it back on, and it has the drawings that show where those odd spacers and all the washers go. If you forget the spacer or put it in the wrong place the rear wheel will be screwed up when you torque it back on. And it has all the torque specs right on the drawings.

Good to see you wrenching on your own bike - that is half the experience of owning a motorcycle, they are simple and elegant machines and a joy to work on and maintain. Letting someone else work on your motorcycle is like letting someone else sleep with your spouse, and having to pay them to boot!