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Those bearings are a bad design in my opinion.
I would try the "Nushings" rather than going with the originals: http://advrider.com/index.php?threads/final-drive-pivot-bearings-r1150gsa.1116193 I have a set in my emergency FD kit ready to go but haven't installed them yet. The design has gone through a few changes based on user feedback and seem to be the best solution.
You can also go with the Rubber Chicken bushings. http://rubberchickenracinggarage.com/bushings.html They are Oilite bronze. Rubberchicken recommends lubing with Honda Moly but I think that is a bad idea - just leave them alone - that's the whole point of Oilite.
See my comments on the "Nushings"
From my experience the stock bearings are still the best of the 3 and that is not great. The slightly larger ones on the transmission side never have issues. BMW should have used those although the casting would have needed to be a bit chunkier.
Bump...
The Ei's come as a set with greasable pins w/removeable zerks . Ted said all positive feedback on early users...so I'm in.
http://www.beemershop.com/Merchant5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=TRA11094
Also available for other models .
My 2004 K1200LT has the same final drive pivot bearings. The bearings have over 190,000 miles on them. Do they have the notches in the bearing races yes. Do I care no. I remove them now & then to clean & re grease them. I buff the races with white rouge buffing compound on a buffing wheel in both directions. I reinstall them with new grease. The outside race wears more than the inside race so I swap them each time. When I set the preload I move the final drive up & down while I torque it to 62 inch pounds.
Same as what? The Emerald Isle bearing offered by Ted Porter or the OEM ones?
Please keep us posted on your experience with those.
Got a set of Ei's delivered Friday. Look pretty good Installed them earlier, but haven't torqued the adjustable pin yet as the dinner hour was close and called it a day
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And for those who have been lucky with long lived OEM's , great...Even on bikes that have never been serviced, seems I have needle bearings falling out and cages worn, especially on GS's.
Cool, did they come with instructions for install/torque/lube type&interval?
Any chance of posting?
Keep us posted please!The answer I got, which I pretty much figured out just looking at the design, is to take slack out and tighten down.
Since they are not needle bearings in a tapered cage, the chance of over torquing is not the same concern.
Any typical bearing grease also fine. I will shoot some every 12K service and see how things go.