Corrosion inside rear axle.

[gpearson]

When i first read the heading i thought another lazy sod cant be bothered to clean the bike properly
But when i saw the pic i was shocked - mine is an 06 with 50k on the clock and its mint - i just spray wd40 on a cloth and push it through
After reading later threads about later bikes being made different i can only ask why they changed it if they had it spot on in the first place
Good luck with getting it sorted

Thanks - this isn't my first GS, or BMW, hence my total confusion. I've never see corrosion there before, and all I ever did was run an oily rag through there every now and again. 64000 miles later - no corrosion.

To pick up an Approved Used bike, 2 years old and less than 6k miles, and then find that? Really shocked.

 

[Bendy toy]

To pick up an Approved Used bike, 2 years old and less than 6k miles, and then find that? Really shocked.

Sounds like a warranty job.

 

[autogs]

so any update are you happy now?

 

[gpearson]

Not yet - Vines currently have it to try to rectify.

 

[skywalker]

The 1mm movement appears to be within tolerance, so I'l just keep an eye on that and deal with it when I need to.[/QUOTE]

Interesting point that - when the manual states 0.5mm.

 

[autogs]

Not yet - Vines currently have it to try to rectify.

keep us updated

 

[Beemerman59]

The 1mm movement appears to be within tolerance, so I'l just keep an eye on that and deal with it when I need to.

Interesting point that - when the manual states 0.5mm.[/QUOTE]

Mine has it at 1mm.

 

[gpearson]

keep us updated

Update - Vines did a fantastic job, really better than I expected! Giving it a good re-ACFing today.

 

[autogs]

excellent news