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« on: July 09, 2017, 10:00:46 am »
Hi,
Unfortunately my joining this forum last week has coincided with some pretty bad news about my shaft drive. My mate who knows a lot more about BMW's than me (my K1300r is my first) has called me last night to say the whining noise I heard on Tuesday is definitely my main bearing gone...lots of play in the back wheel, rear wheel disc shows some blueing. Culprit would seem to be lack of oil in the shaft, even though I had the dealer change this last September before a trip round Spain. The bike has done only 9,000 miles so I wouldn't expect a failure like this.
I was wondering if anyone has had or heard of a similar experience with BMW dealers, shaft oil change, oil volume (230mls ?).
I'm new to BMW ownership and I'll call the dealers tomorrow and see what reaction I get...I'm hoping a very helpful one. Unfortunately it ran out of warranty end of December.