My 04 1150rt with 57k has had the clutch rattle since I bought it at 51K. So I pulled it all to take a looksee and hoped I could get by with a lube job- however, the input splines are pretty worn and I'm not comfortable putting in a new clutch and re installing it. Apparently there is a redesigned input shaft available at about $1k that utilizes the full clutch collar, or a redesigned clutch that has a longer collar at $600 that fully engages the input shaft. Either way I'm going to need both the shaft and clutch pak. Anyone been in a similar predicament and have advice?
I have experience with dry clutches on auto's, and have never seen a design that did not fully engage the clutch on the splines. Blows my mind that BMW would put something like this on the road and not have remedied it with better designed replacement parts, much less even admit it was a problem. I love this bike... and if I put it back together stock I know I'd be looking at the same thing down the road- hopefully not on the side of the road. I thought I'd got lucky when I found a local dismantler that had a gearbox with 38K on it, but it only looks marginally better. He told me that if it was as good as he has seen after taking many of these bikes apart, and that if I wanted any better I would have to get a new shaft. I suspect it would have gone another 30 or 40k, but then I'd be in the same boat- or on side of the road.
Any experience with the "improved" parts?
I have experience with dry clutches on auto's, and have never seen a design that did not fully engage the clutch on the splines. Blows my mind that BMW would put something like this on the road and not have remedied it with better designed replacement parts, much less even admit it was a problem. I love this bike... and if I put it back together stock I know I'd be looking at the same thing down the road- hopefully not on the side of the road. I thought I'd got lucky when I found a local dismantler that had a gearbox with 38K on it, but it only looks marginally better. He told me that if it was as good as he has seen after taking many of these bikes apart, and that if I wanted any better I would have to get a new shaft. I suspect it would have gone another 30 or 40k, but then I'd be in the same boat- or on side of the road.
Any experience with the "improved" parts?