RANBUSH
Ran Bush
The driveshaft came apart on my 2005 R1200ST, the bike has about 90K miles on it, and I thought "as long as I'm in there", I'll install a new clutch assembly. I bought the clutch disc, pressure plate, spring assembly, etc from Beemershop in Scotts Valley, CA. When I got the parts from them, the new disc won't fit on the old gearbox shaft. I called Beemershop and they sent me another disc, in case I had gotten a bad one. The new disc doesn't fit either.
As I mentioned in another thread, I thought maybe the splines on the gearbox shaft were bad, so I bought a low mileage 2005 R1200ST gearbox from Cycle R Us in Ohio, but the new disc won't fit on that gearbox either.
The Beemershop website specifically says the disc will fit the R1200ST, and is a replacement for BMW OEM p/n 21 21 7 697 737. Ted says they have sold eleven of this disc to R1200RT owners, but I'm the first R1200ST owner to buy one. The Max BMW fiche shows the same p/n for a RT and ST clutch disc, but a different p/n for a RT gearbox and a ST gearbox.
My old disc is from Sachs, and when I search on the Max BMW fiche, the Sachs p/n 21 21 7 692 852 comes up as "clutch disc", but doesn't show a replacement part number. The EME site shows the same BMW p/n 21 21 7 697 737 for their clutch disc. Other BMW sites I've searched show the Sachs p/n 21 21 7 692 852 as replaced by BMW p/n 21 21 7 697 737, but that's not working for me.
The last seven digits of my bike's VIN are ZM30046, bike was produced in 01/05 for the USA market. I know BMW sometimes uses up existing inventory in the early production runs, before upgrading or changing to newer parts, but would they do this on a major component like a gearbox?
Soooo - which clutch disc do I need for a 2005 R1200ST?
As I mentioned in another thread, I thought maybe the splines on the gearbox shaft were bad, so I bought a low mileage 2005 R1200ST gearbox from Cycle R Us in Ohio, but the new disc won't fit on that gearbox either.
The Beemershop website specifically says the disc will fit the R1200ST, and is a replacement for BMW OEM p/n 21 21 7 697 737. Ted says they have sold eleven of this disc to R1200RT owners, but I'm the first R1200ST owner to buy one. The Max BMW fiche shows the same p/n for a RT and ST clutch disc, but a different p/n for a RT gearbox and a ST gearbox.
My old disc is from Sachs, and when I search on the Max BMW fiche, the Sachs p/n 21 21 7 692 852 comes up as "clutch disc", but doesn't show a replacement part number. The EME site shows the same BMW p/n 21 21 7 697 737 for their clutch disc. Other BMW sites I've searched show the Sachs p/n 21 21 7 692 852 as replaced by BMW p/n 21 21 7 697 737, but that's not working for me.
The last seven digits of my bike's VIN are ZM30046, bike was produced in 01/05 for the USA market. I know BMW sometimes uses up existing inventory in the early production runs, before upgrading or changing to newer parts, but would they do this on a major component like a gearbox?
Soooo - which clutch disc do I need for a 2005 R1200ST?