2006 gs 1200 output shaft circlip

[taminator]

Rebuilt my rear drive recently, is there a circlip on the out put shaft at the gearbox, ie on the splines, seems to be a groove there, haynes manual gives it a mention, but when I took it apart none there, ?.

 

[Bendy toy]

I replaced my gearbox oil seal - don't remember there being a circlip.

 

[Kenny Rodkiss]

Think they are in the drive shaft and clip on to the grooves.

 

[Santa-2512]

Dotn recall there being one on the FD end of my 2006

 

[DrFarkoff]

Dotn recall there being one on the FD end of my 2006

You are right there wasn;t

 

[Bendy toy]

I don't recall my driveshaft being at all difficult to remove from the gearbox. I did not check for a circlip but its likely there wasn't one in there.

Saying that, I do get some driveshaft vibration (always have) so who knows(?)

 

[Kenny Rodkiss]

Think they are in the drive shaft and clip on to the grooves.

They are part number, 26 11 8 527 718 SNAP RING - 22X2,5MM

There seems to be different part numbers for the drive shaft, one has the snap ring as a separate part and the other doesn't.??

26 11 7 665 803 DRIVE SHAFT, no snap ring part number. GS 05-07.
26 11 7 706 394 DRIVE SHAFT, snap ring available. GS 08-09.

 

[taminator]

Still confused, these driveshafts on bmw are shite, they always feel like a slack chain, on and off throttle feels like delayed actionm can feel a jap coming.eh a bike that is .

 

[patzx12]

Good pictures here:
https://www.maxbmwmotorcycles.com/fiche/PartsFiche.aspx

 

[Kenny Rodkiss]

Drive shaft should certainly not feel like a slack chain. There should no play at the splines or in the joints. Unless they are worn out.

 

[taminator]

Drive shaft should certainly not feel like a slack chain. There should no play at the splines or in the joints. Unless they are worn out.

All, good, ujs have no play, mike rebuilt the drive, splines perfect, in gear the rear wheel has about 2 inches of take up ?

 

[Santa-2512]

All, good, ujs have no play, mike rebuilt the drive, splines perfect, in gear the rear wheel has about 2 inches of take up ?

Measured where & how?

There will be an angular limit of rotational freeplay specified somewhere,

once you know that you can see whether your in or out of spec

 

[DrFarkoff]

Yup sounds about right The main shaft has a "thing" on it which is supposed to stop excessive strain on the input shaft

If I remember I will take a pic later

All, good, ujs have no play, mike rebuilt the drive, splines perfect, in gear the rear wheel has about 2 inches of take up ?

 

[Bendy toy]

Gearbox has a ramped torque shock device but there will always be backlash in any gearbox. Parallel shafts are worse than epicyclics.