Impatiently waiting

[walti]

Looks like something broke in the gearbox/clutch/final drive this morning, backwheel locked up and bike wouldn't move.

RAC have deilivered it to Balderstone BMW who are currently stripping it down....

... nervously awaiting the outcome.

 

[Pathologic]

that sounds expensive

check your warrantee and bank balance. let us knw what caused it

Best of luck.

Regards,

Path.

 

[RickG]

Did you happen to notice if the engine and gearbox worked Ok in neutral?

Hope you getting sorted without too much pain

 

[walti]

Did you happen to notice if the engine and gearbox worked Ok in neutral?

Hope you getting sorted without too much pain

Couldn't select anything, just jammed as I accellerated away from a roundabout, car behind nearly rammed me due to unexpected stop!

I may need a new rear tyre too! As well as new underpants.

Sounded like it tried to jump out of gear and locked up, also sounded expensive...

Dealer has it on the workbench at the moment.

65,000 miles no warranty left!

 

[patzx12]

Did you pull in the clutch? and did it make a diference?

Couldn't select anything, just jammed as I accellerated away from a roundabout, car behind nearly rammed me due to unexpected stop!

I may need a new rear tyre too! As well as new underpants.

Sounded like it tried to jump out of gear and locked up, also sounded expensive...

Dealer has it on the workbench at the moment.

65,000 miles no warranty left!

 

[walti]

Did you pull in the clutch? and did it make a diference?

Yes. No.

Took a lot of moving to get onto the flatbed that the RAC sent out, something did change when a truck driver and I manhandled it from the middle of the road to the side of the road, pulling the clutch in made no difference, pushing it against whatever was binding wasn't rotating the engine without the clutch lever in.

 

[walti]

Appears a bearing has disintegrated, spewing balls throughout the gearbox which has damaged just about every other bearing and seal as well as the intermediate shaft!

Options:

Bear minium fix £1,500 may end up with a noisy gearbox (it was anyway)
Including a new intermediate shaft £2,000
New gearbox £2,500

Bike is only worth about £4,000 owning to milage.

Bugger.

 

[T900]

Bear minium fix £1,500 may end up with a noisy gearbox (it was anyway)
Including a new intermediate shaft £2,000
New gearbox £2,500



why did you not get it seen to sooner if it was noisey. would possibly have only have needed a bearing.
hope you get sorted, would consider a secondhand box from breakers.

 

[walti]

Did ask them whether it was unusually noisy, it seemed to be just the clutch release mechanism so didn't get anything futher done

 

[patzx12]

This was my gearbox blowup. 05 1200GS.
200kph in 5th lost drive and dumped all the oil.
The shaft came out of the box into the clutch area.

 

[RickG]

Hard luck mate.

I too would go down the secondhand box route from a breaker. Thankfully gearbox failures seem quite rare (at least compared to other problems..) and so there must be loads of them around. I see Motorworks have them for 800 quid. If you do the swap yourself you could probably be back on the road (may as well put a new clutch in while you're in there) for a grand.

 

[walti]

Have looked at a second hand gearbox and decided to go the fix it route as I'm already in debt for the strip down work and a new clutch is included in the costs (they only last 50,000 miles on average and I've done 65,000) and I need the work done quickly as the bike is my only form of transport.

I have to say that as much as I hate paying dealer labour rates that Balderstone have been superb so far.

 

[walti]

Well Balderstone need a pat on the back for integrety!

Phoned for progress and was offerred a trade in for the bike (now in a million pieces all over the workshop) so that I would become mobile again, as it looked like the parts were going to be "some time"....

A deal was struck which has seen me out of pocket by a lot less than if I'd got it mended and then traded it for any other bike (I'd had a look around)

So I've sort of deserted the fold as I now have a BMW R1200.....




....RT whichsuits me better as I do lots of winter miles and was getting a bit miffed by the regular soakings...

 

[(RIP) Bin Ridin]

Oils well!

 

[stolzy]

Happened to a mate of mine recently while we were out for a ride (R1150GS). Rear locked up and a massive smell of clutch. Bike unmoveable without the clutch lever pulled in.

Problem is SH gearboxes are scarcer than hens teeth and (according to my dealer) BMW don't list the individual bearings.

 

[walti]

Happened to a mate of mine recently while we were out for a ride (R1150GS). Rear locked up and a massive smell of clutch. Bike unmoveable without the clutch lever pulled in.

Problem is SH gearboxes are scarcer than hens teeth and (according to my dealer) BMW don't list the individual bearings.

Wouldn't move very well regardless of where the clutch was!

RAC guy put the back wheel on one of those jack/dolly things for cars so we could push it onto the low loader!

Moving the bike from the middle of the road was a drag it with the wheel locked, something did free up a bit and it started to half roll, but it was still tyre tearingly difficult!