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Thanks for your feedback, how long have you been on the bushings? Your points are well noted (2 sets were warranty by the dealer in my case) but I have had my fill of them too. FYI I set the preload with a calibrated fish scale on a 12" bar - no guessing there.
The bike is going in to Steve Prokop's this saturday - days before he'll actually be able to look at it. I should get it back the following saturday.
Your welcome! I have used the bushings for maybe 1 K miles as I am not riding much till June. I did ride a couple hundred miles off pavement and so far no play in them. I will check them before my trip this summer...
I can't believe that you went through so many bearings.. Makes you wonder about the quality of these Chinese bearings???
Good luck Scott on the FD repair!!
Better to happen now than on the road to Wyoming. Consider yourself lucky.
They were amazed at how much crap they found in the oil drained from the FD.
Steve recommended to Scott that he change the final drive oil after 800 miles or so.
Oops, switched names.
The list:
1. The inner race of the old big bearing is pitted along its circumference. The outer race is badly pitted along a bit more than a 1/3rd of its circumference. Spinning it sounds like the warnings of a metallic rattlesnake. It had been shimmed from the factory too tightly.
This means that simply putting in a new set without adjusting the shims won't work - at least for not very long.
I don't regret the cost one bit, nor am I pissed that it failed in the first place.
The transmission on my BMW failed at 66k miles. NO WAY do I expect to pay $15,000 for a motorcyle and replace the transmission at 66k miles.
Pretty much confirms that BMW has serious quality control issues and that these are behind the FD problem.
I see you have joined the ranks of other BMW enablers. BMW builds crap and we will buy it no questions asked! The transmission on my BMW failed at 66k miles. NO WAY do I expect to pay $15,000 for a motorcyle and replace the transmission at 66k miles. Thankfully the PO did that!
I've never had a transmission fail on any of my cars yet, and some of them had far more mileage, not to mention more stress on them.
I've never had a transmission fail on any of my cars yet, and some of them had far more mileage, not to mention more stress on them.
I've never had a transmission fail on any of my cars yet, and some of them had far more mileage, not to mention more stress on them.
We really need to hold BMWs feet to the fire on these QC issues. There is no way I would pay what BMW is asking for a new MC.
I'd rather ride BMW motorcycles anyway and I'm willing to pay whatever it costs if I have it to spend.