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rear drive
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New DIY Thread in the DIY subforum - replacing a rear drive bearing
Thanks to Mike Jankowski for the detailed writeup on doing the main (aka crown) bearing replacement on a hexhead rear-drive ('05-'09, but other years are very similar.) It's a great read and even if you don't do it - knowing what has to be done may prove handy in the future! Link...- deilenberger
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- Forum: Hexheads/Camheads
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large pieces in drained oil '97 R1100RT
Drained the rear drive oil, and found many pieces of steel attached to the magnet on the drain plug. 2 of them measure ~5mm in size. I've never had a problem, but my mind is screaming "rebuild the drive unit!!!". It's 85 miles to my mechanic, but I'd rather he handle it if I can't get a decent...