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Offline richtea

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MOT advisory - slight play in rear wheel bearing
« on: Today at 02:58:25 pm »
The bike was MOT'ed but it got an advisory:
'Wheel bearing has slight play Rear (final drive bearing play)'

Anyone else had the same?
If so, how fast should I rectify it (I guess it's a fresh set of bearings, and a wallet whipping at BMW)?

From a quick measurement, in the radial direction there's maybe 1mm of play, just rocking the wheel back and forward. I'm pretty sure all my Ks have done that.
In the lateral direction (gripping top and bottom of wheel and push/pulling against the natural direction of movement) I can hear some movement, but it's too small to measure.

It's just that I'm off around Scotland for 1500 miles in 2 days time.  ???