2006 R1200RT Luggage lock repair

[kmkahuna]

Greetings BMW MOA and it's so good to be back! It's been a few years, but I'm tinkering in the garage after the handle on my right luggage lock popped: yes, that fine German engineering strikes again and once you tear into one of these hard cases you'll scratch you head wondering just who in the hell designed these things! Anyway, I've posted a bunch of pictures so far on my old trusty Photobucket account if anyone is curious as to just what is inside these cases, and the mechanisms.. Reminds me of "Mousetrap" when I was a kid. Anyway, more soon, once the part comes in and I try to re-lubricate, and re-install this engineering marvel!
http://s1142.photobucket.com/user/kmkahuna/library/06_R1200RT_Luggage lock

 

[waxrash]

I have lived it.


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[henzilla]

I watched a buddy lose the coil spring like a broken Slinky about the time I said "wait a min..."

Yeah...fun

 

[PGlaves]

I just had to fix the Integral side case on my K75RTP. The hinge broke. Bentonville BMW had the hinge in stock - 3 minutes to remove and replace the hinges. Then I needed to fix the snap on the strap that holds the lid partly open. Two minutes with a pop rivet.

Progress ain't ... !

 

[rmeisen]

Greetings BMW MOA and it's so good to be back! It's been a few years, but I'm tinkering in the garage after the handle on my right luggage lock popped: yes, that fine German engineering strikes again and once you tear into one of these hard cases you'll scratch you head wondering just who in the hell designed these things! Anyway, I've posted a bunch of pictures so far on my old trusty Photobucket account if anyone is curious as to just what is inside these cases, and the mechanisms.. Reminds me of "Mousetrap" when I was a kid. Anyway, more soon, once the part comes in and I try to re-lubricate, and re-install this engineering marvel!
http://s1142.photobucket.com/user/kmkahuna/library/06_R1200RT_Luggage lock

That's a bigger pile of screws / fasteners than held earlier fairings on the bike....

Ron

 

[kmkahuna]

I have lived it.


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Got any words of advice? I think I have enough pictures, and enough mechanical aptitude but it always helps to hear another story!

 

[waxrash]

Not really. Someone else posted pics. I used those. Patience. Holding everything in place long enough to get the halves together is a bear. Took me about 10 tries.


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[deilenberger]

I just had to fix the Integral side case on my K75RTP. The hinge broke. Bentonville BMW had the hinge in stock - 3 minutes to remove and replace the hinges. Then I needed to fix the snap on the strap that holds the lid partly open. Two minutes with a pop rivet.

Progress ain't ... !

In this case I'd beg to differ. These cases are actually waterproof - something that could never be said about the K series cases. They also snap onto the bike without a lot of funky fiddling. And they will fit a jumbo Schuberth Concept-2 in one, and a semi-jumbo Aerostitch in the other. Something I could never do with the K bike cases.

Some things are an improvement. The mechanism may not appear to be an improvement, but it actually pulls the cases closed when they're latched, against the rubber seal around the stationary half. That makes them waterproof. No more putting stuff in a garbage bag in the sidecase just to keep it sort of dry.

 

[PGlaves]

In this case I'd beg to differ. These cases are actually waterproof - something that could never be said about the K series cases. They also snap onto the bike without a lot of funky fiddling. And they will fit a jumbo Schuberth Concept-2 in one, and a semi-jumbo Aerostitch in the other. Something I could never do with the K bike cases.

Some things are an improvement. The mechanism may not appear to be an improvement, but it actually pulls the cases closed when they're latched, against the rubber seal around the stationary half. That makes them waterproof. No more putting stuff in a garbage bag in the sidecase just to keep it sort of dry.

I suppose you are right but there is no reason on God's green earth that a bag that doesn't leak has to be this complicated. The Pelican cases on my F650 (and now on my VStrom) and the Pelican topcase on my K75 are absolutely waterproof and have two simple latches. They are not nearly as pretty but work ever so well. Pretty ones using the same simple approach would be easy if somebody who cared about pretty made them.

 

[kmkahuna]

re-assembly

So, here's the bag locking mechanism with some synthetic grease on it (probably a bit too much). I'd post more, but I have forgotten how to get my pictures on photobucket to post here.. does the BMW MOA still support photobucket?
This attaching photos is very time consuming and much more complicated that it was a few years back.

 

[princeaz]

Luggage lock Repair

In this case I'd beg to differ. These cases are actually waterproof - something that could never be said about the K series cases. They also snap onto the bike without a lot of funky fiddling. And they will fit a jumbo Schuberth Concept-2 in one, and a semi-jumbo Aerostitch in the other. Something I could never do with the K bike cases.

Some things are an improvement. The mechanism may not appear to be an improvement, but it actually pulls the cases closed when they're latched, against the rubber seal around the stationary half. That makes them waterproof. No more putting stuff in a garbage bag in the sidecase just to keep it sort of dry.

They are not waterproof. I would call them water resistant. Don't ask how I know.