snerkler
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I'm not sure what they'd gain from making it up? They've already said they're not particularly busy at the moment so will be able to fix the bike as soon as the tool arrives
Oil leaking from swing arm on my new 2024 GSA :(
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I've tried ordering tools from BMW in the past. If it isn't in stock back at the Mothership it takes ages, they tend to place an order with their suppliers in batches. Its not like an engineering company that makes tools for BMW will make them one at a time to order, and BMW don't have factory space and machine allocation set up just to make one item at a time either.
(A camchain tensioner tool for a 1250 was an estimated four moth wait, so I gave up. I could get everything else I needed from stock in Germany except for that one item.)
(A camchain tensioner tool for a 1250 was an estimated four moth wait, so I gave up. I could get everything else I needed from stock in Germany except for that one item.)
snerkler
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I hope to god it's not 4 months
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Tool has arrived at BMW, set to pick the bike up on Wednesday 
May as well get them to lob a new shaft on it while is apart. Must be nearly worn out by now.
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Well that excitement was slightly premature, just read the email again to find out what time they said it would be ready for and it's not until Wednesday 28th, not tomorrow. I just saw Wednesday and assumed it would be this Wednesday, in my wonderful naivety I thought they'd work on it as a priotity given that it's a fault,.... on a brand new bike. I guess that's not how it worksTool has arrived at BMW, set to pick the bike up on Wednesday
All dealers don't like warranty work, it takes up time in the workshop and they get a fixed price no matter how long it takes them. So they like to slot it in where they got little other work or group it together to fill a day/days.Well that excitement was slightly premature, just read the email again to find out what time they said it would be ready for and it's not until Wednesday 28th, not tomorrow. I just saw Wednesday and assumed it would be this Wednesday, in my wonderful naivety I thought they'd work on it as a priotity given that it's a fault,.... on a brand new bike. I guess that's not how it works
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Useful to know, thanks
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My Gearbox output shaft seal failed on my 1150GS. After 90k Miles.
Cost of replacement part 75p.
Labour - £350 Got them to fit a new clutch whilst is was split in two. However, Clutch wasn't worn, so left it. In & out in three days. The good old days
Cost of replacement part 75p.
Labour - £350 Got them to fit a new clutch whilst is was split in two. However, Clutch wasn't worn, so left it. In & out in three days. The good old days
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Nothing ever runs smoothly does it. Picked the bike up today and all looks good from a mechanical point of view, however I've got home and gone to plug it into my optimate charger and there's no cable on the bike, they must have removed it to fix the bike then forgotten to put it back on. That's another unecessary 90min round trip to get it put back on again
Edit: Found it, it had got tucked away behind a panel
Edit: Found it, it had got tucked away behind a panel
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That's another unecessary 90min round trip to get it put back on again
Ask them to post it to you
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No need, they said that they didn't remove it and it must have got tucked away somewhere. Had all thress side panels off (battery on RHS and the two on the LHS) and managed to locate it and re-route it
