Hi Ive got a twin cam and need to change the rear drive oil, where do you bung it in?
Filling rear drive
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Mark Hooton
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Without getting too technical, hole at the top mate - I know its easy to say but with the wheel off its hopefully kinda obvious. beware - the fastener is tight in (its a socket screw - M8 I think..........)
Link to parts diagram
Think you will find the bit labelled 9 is the filler plug, it is located in front of the ABS sensor cum speedo sensor. You need to remove the wheel to find it.
Think you will find the bit labelled 9 is the filler plug, it is located in front of the ABS sensor cum speedo sensor. You need to remove the wheel to find it.
I had a suspected problem with my final drive on a trip to the US. Portland BMW mistakenly told me that I would need to replace my final drive at some point before the end of the trip, and that I should keep an eye out for oil leaking. Sure enough, days later I spotted an apparent oil leak, panicked, and rang them for advice. We were 400 miles from the nearest dealer by that point. They told me I should be able to get to either Vancouver or Kelowna "as long as I kept the drive oil topped up". "Fine", I said, "how do I do that?" "You need a special syringe", he said, "as the filler cap is underneath the drive". Very helpful.
(ETA - OK, looking at Magwych's post, this is clearly incorrect, but you get the gist.)In fact, pleased to report that I didn't need a new final drive at all. The muck and crud that the Portland dealer had discovered during their "inspection" were down to ... wait for it ... a perished rubber boot!
On my 2004 bike I used to remove the ABS speed sensor and inject fresh oil into the drive through the mounting hole.
In 2004 it was further forward, so was the ABS/speed sensor I think, part number 22:
Cheers goys, have done it on earl.er models through thingy plug/
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