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Oils & Lubricants / Re: Shaft drive - Main diff bearing failure
« on: July 14, 2017, 08:29:44 pm »
BTW - dealer confirmed oil capacity for final drive is 180mls, interesting to read the comments about why this has been reduced by BMW. Service schedule reckons to change every 2 years or 20km...think I'll be changing it a bit more frequently

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Oils & Lubricants / Re: Shaft drive - Main diff bearing failure
« on: July 14, 2017, 08:23:42 pm »
So the dealer wrang me with their findings. The main diff bearing has excessive wear and so do the swing arm bearings (seem to be 2 types according to parts list...tapered roller bearing (2 of) or a needle bearing (1 of). I guess they mean the roller bearings.
Strip down, replacement parts and rebuild £670. Apparently BMW have agreed to pay for all parts and 70% of labour costs, so I pay £100.
I'm pretty happy with  that, as the bike is out of warranty, however I'm still not happy that these have shown excessive wear after only 9000 miles. Should I prepare myself that this normal wear and tear for a shaft drive BM. I'm told BMW often manufacture these without greasing the splines which can cause this type of wear on the bearings. As I'm new to BMW ownership, the service has been good handling the problem but a failure so early n the bikes life isn't helping me stay with brand.

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Oils & Lubricants / Shaft drive - Main diff bearing failure
« 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.

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Who's Who? / New member from Crewe
« on: July 09, 2017, 09:46:02 am »
Hi, my name is Danny and I've just joined as a rider of a K1300r. I'd be interested to know if there are any members living in my area, rideouts etc

Cheers
Danny

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