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Today, I prepared to lube the 1995 RT's splines tomorrow morning. Got some Dow Corning M77 grease on hand, and found the 27mm socket I'd had trimmed to fit the swing arm lock nuts 35-40 years ago. Will also address the t/o bearing, and maybe install the new cable I have on hand. Hopefully will...
Can someone please explain to me why BMW has so much trouble with splines? On the old Airheads it was the final drive splines. On the 1150 oil heads it’s the transmission output splines. My bike has 30,000 on it and I baby the heck out of it. I don’t know if the output shaft splines are bad or...
2005 1200 GS with 41,000 miles. Below is the official BMW warranty print out of the warranty repair work done to my bike. Note the defect codes listed for each repair of the warranty repairs for my output shaft, transmission input shaft seal, Compensating shaft seal, new clutch, clutch...
For the Cognosenti (or the Teutonic Equivalent), what do you think about both the clutch hub and transmission input shaft splines?
Yes, I have a reason to ask - I'd rather hear condition reports first before "explaining". ;)