Bike R1200GS TC (2012 with 40000 miles on clock) - one owner (me) from new.
Dealer serviced up to 18000 and then all the servicing iaw with the schedules by me.
I would like to ask a question about the gap between the swinging arm and the frame on the left side of the bike.
I have recently had the final drive and drive shaft refitted by Mikeyboy and also fitted a pair of Wilbers shocks, which I bought from Revs.
While the bike was apart I replaced the swinging arm bearings, the old left one fell into my hand in pieces as I took it apart. I fitted genuine BMW bearings.
Throughout this work I followed my Haynes and also the Reprom instructions.
Once I received the final drive and drive shaft I fitted it all back onto the bike without any major hassles and this included the Wilbers.
When fitting the swinging arm I inserted pivots, the left one loose and then torqued up the right side. The left side was then torqued to initial setting and then to final setting followed by fitting the large 30mm nut. I did have the special tool so know that the pivot did not move when tightening the large nut, marks still in line.
The point of this question is the gap I have on the left side between the frame and swinging arm is about 2.5mm while on the right side is approx. 1.5mm. I appreciate there has to be a gap for the unit to swing up and down but I am blowed if I can find any reference to what the gaps should be.
I hope some fellow member can help!!
Picture of left side below!
Not figured how to do this yet!!
As a final point I must say what fabulous service I had both from Mikeyboy of this forum and John at Revs. It is what customer service should be like and they also answered all my stupid questions with the utmost grace and for this I am very grateful.
Also can I say that by not checking the condition of the drive shaft boots especially the rear one led to water ingress at the final drive end. The end result was a drive shaft corroded to the final drive output shaft which took Mike a lot of effort to remove and subsequently F***ed up UJ`s on the drive shaft. A very expensive lesson but Mike did say the final drive would have needed attention soon anyway.
Dealer serviced up to 18000 and then all the servicing iaw with the schedules by me.
I would like to ask a question about the gap between the swinging arm and the frame on the left side of the bike.
I have recently had the final drive and drive shaft refitted by Mikeyboy and also fitted a pair of Wilbers shocks, which I bought from Revs.
While the bike was apart I replaced the swinging arm bearings, the old left one fell into my hand in pieces as I took it apart. I fitted genuine BMW bearings.
Throughout this work I followed my Haynes and also the Reprom instructions.
Once I received the final drive and drive shaft I fitted it all back onto the bike without any major hassles and this included the Wilbers.
When fitting the swinging arm I inserted pivots, the left one loose and then torqued up the right side. The left side was then torqued to initial setting and then to final setting followed by fitting the large 30mm nut. I did have the special tool so know that the pivot did not move when tightening the large nut, marks still in line.
The point of this question is the gap I have on the left side between the frame and swinging arm is about 2.5mm while on the right side is approx. 1.5mm. I appreciate there has to be a gap for the unit to swing up and down but I am blowed if I can find any reference to what the gaps should be.
I hope some fellow member can help!!
Picture of left side below!
Not figured how to do this yet!!
As a final point I must say what fabulous service I had both from Mikeyboy of this forum and John at Revs. It is what customer service should be like and they also answered all my stupid questions with the utmost grace and for this I am very grateful.
Also can I say that by not checking the condition of the drive shaft boots especially the rear one led to water ingress at the final drive end. The end result was a drive shaft corroded to the final drive output shaft which took Mike a lot of effort to remove and subsequently F***ed up UJ`s on the drive shaft. A very expensive lesson but Mike did say the final drive would have needed attention soon anyway.
