Member Login

Club Store

Club Calendar

August 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 Random Picture (rally cal.jpg)
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
Week 31 1 2
Week 32 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Week 33 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Week 34 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Week 35 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Week 36 31
BMWMCC
Lost Password?
No account yet?Register
BMWMCC Technical Forums Maintenance and Repairs
Re:R1150GSA Final Drive Rebuild (1 viewing) (1) Guests
Go to bottom Post Reply Favoured: 0
TOPIC: Re:R1150GSA Final Drive Rebuild
#270
k7ugt (Admin)
Where the hell is Jarbidge
Admin
Posts: 62
graph
User Offline Click here to see the profile of this user
motorcyclemobile
R1150GSA Final Drive Rebuild 2 Months ago  
Walked by the Adventure today and noticed a puddle of red fluid on the garage floor. Final Drive rebuild time? In the spirit of getting to know this bike as well as my Husqvarna, I'm considering doing the work myself. Is there anyone out there that has tackled this project and feels they understand the dynamics? I'd be willing to buy the beer and let you offer the advice!

Thanks;
Ken
Your WALKING Rally Master
 
Report to moderator   Logged Logged  
  The administrator has disabled public write access.
#273
BobOdenweller (Admin)
Admin
Posts: 39
graphgraph
User Offline Click here to see the profile of this user
Gender: Male Location: Littleton, CO Birthdate: 1962-10-13
Re:R1150GSA Final Drive Rebuild 2 Months ago  
I feel your pain. I just spent $425 last week to have a final drive seal replaced. Ouch.
 
Report to moderator   Logged Logged  
 
Bob

2004 R1150RT
BMW MOA #134719

Roses are red, Violets are blue. I\'m schizophrenic, and so am I. Oscar Levant
  The administrator has disabled public write access.
#275
Ken (User)
Admin
Posts: 19
graphgraph
User Offline Click here to see the profile of this user
Re:R1150GSA Final Drive Rebuild 2 Months ago  
I'll drink some of your beer...and give you some advice... I even have some specialty tools which might come in very handy if you decide to tackle it yourself. Never done one of those. But I'm still trying to figure out why your FD is bleeding RED? Does the rear wheel wobble like the bearing is loose or toast, or might it be just a seal failure?
 
Report to moderator   Logged Logged  
 
If it quacks like a duck, walks like a duck, {BAM} looks and smells like roast duck, it might be sarcasm.
  The administrator has disabled public write access.
#276
k7ugt (Admin)
Where the hell is Jarbidge
Admin
Posts: 62
graph
User Offline Click here to see the profile of this user
motorcyclemobile
Re:R1150GSA Final Drive Rebuild 2 Months ago  
Thanks for the offer Ken. My concern is I have never been in there before, and while there appears to be no play on the wheel and it is probably just a seal, I wouldn't know what it should look like. So I was hoping to find someone that has had an eyeball on one of these and could educate me as we go. I've checked out the ADV Hall of Wisdom and don't want to go it on my own. Although we can certainly have a beer! http://advwisdom.hogranch.com/Wisdom/Final%20Drive%20R&R.html

I've set up an appointment with Pete.
 
Report to moderator   Logged Logged  
  The administrator has disabled public write access.
#305
Radar (User)
Admin
Posts: 21
graphgraph
User Offline Click here to see the profile of this user
Gender: Male dwreyford Location: Longmont, CO Birthdate: 1941-07-27
Re:R1150GSA Final Drive Rebuild 1 Month, 1 Week ago  
Ken,

What was the final "fix" on our rear drive?? Seal? Bearing?

radar
 
Report to moderator   Logged Logged  
 
D. J. (Radar) Wreyford
MOA, ABC, RA
"Any day above ground is a good day, if motorcycles are involved, it is a great day"
  The administrator has disabled public write access.
#306
k7ugt (Admin)
Where the hell is Jarbidge
Admin
Posts: 62
graph
User Offline Click here to see the profile of this user
motorcyclemobile
Re:R1150GSA Final Drive Rebuild 1 Month, 1 Week ago  
I dodged the bullet this time. It turned out to be a seal. The long term prognosis may not be as good, as there was very fine _meta_l in the FD oil. This may have contributed to the seal failure, now it's time to change the oil more frequently and keep an eye on wheel play.
 
Report to moderator   Logged Logged  
 
Last Edit: 2008/07/08 22:58 By k7ugt.
  The administrator has disabled public write access.
#308
Radar (User)
Admin
Posts: 21
graphgraph
User Offline Click here to see the profile of this user
Gender: Male dwreyford Location: Longmont, CO Birthdate: 1941-07-27
Re:R1150GSA Final Drive Rebuild 1 Month, 1 Week ago  
Good news!!!

There has been so much written about final drive failures on the LT's that for a while I worried about my 2000 LT failing on me somewhere inconvient. Then after a while I decided it will do exactly that! In the mean time I plan to just ride the heck out of it until it happens!! Then deal with it.

radar
 
Report to moderator   Logged Logged  
 
D. J. (Radar) Wreyford
MOA, ABC, RA
"Any day above ground is a good day, if motorcycles are involved, it is a great day"
  The administrator has disabled public write access.
Go to top Post Reply
Powered by FireBoard
 
 
Home | Contact | News
 copyright 2007-2008 BMW Motorcycle Club of Colorado
Website developed by Motorrad Media and InterBax