Failed rear splines.....again!

[Howard Millichap]

Article in the BMW club journal. Tour around the Black Sea. P22.
"just as we were entering Kirklarelli the rear splines on the R1100GS failed."

Oh dear! Shouldn't happen EVER.

Comments from owners.

 

[roadrider]

splines

If everything thing in life was a certainty.......................

john

 

[Dave Hall]

Theres been a lot of traffic regarding shaft and clutch spline failures on the ADV board and the consensus of opinion there seems to be that it happens to a small percentage of bikes and that it is poor greasing at the factory to blame for those.
Most people who suffered had done relatively small mileages (15K-35K) and when their bikes were stripped down lack of lubrication seemed to be the culprit.

Not confined to 1100`s but many 1150`s as well. Many occured during warranty.

 

[Iain Hogg]

Now H, you wouldn't be trolling would you?

Hope you are well and I can get back on 2 wheels next year to meet up in this area,

Iain

 

[Bonkers]

if it's the rear splines on the drive shaft then simon thomas is waiting in morroco for a new drive shaft from bmw after the rubber in the middle melted in the desert.

 

[Howard Millichap]

Now H, you wouldn't be trolling would you?

Iain

Scottish expression?

 

[Dave Hall]

Now H, you wouldn't be trolling would you?

Its not like grooming is it?

 

[Howard Millichap]

Its not like grooming is it?

What's grooming?

 

[Dave Hall]

What's grooming?

If you have to ask Howard????............