elefantmanshawn
Guest
So going from another thread I've been thinking are jet washing and elec failures in some way linked?.so be honest who uses power washes and has had faults and who only ever uses a hose and has had none?
I do use a pressure washer but not near electrics or bearings. Also use a different lance - one which doesn't have the pulsating action guaranteed to take the paint off and destroy things.
Have had no problems with my K1100 or GSA.
Have had no problems with my K1100 or GSA.
myndit
Guest
washing
Just traded my 19 month old GSA that had covered 22k miles. I only ever washed it with a pressure washer. I think the agent washed it a few times with soap etc after servicing. It had one problem which was the aux light switch that needed replacement after about 20k miles. This was weird because it was switched on when I took delivery of the bike and left in that position until I traded it! I was sympathetic with the washer and just used it to remove the dirt in a controlled manner. When I took the bike in, the only areas of compromised brightworks were the areas that BMW acknowledge and replace under warranty (alternator cover, final drive etc)
The analogy I can offer is that in the right hands, an angle grinder can be a great tool and deliver very good results. In the wrong hands, the angle grinder will destroy the subject. The same applies to a pressure washer!
Just traded my 19 month old GSA that had covered 22k miles. I only ever washed it with a pressure washer. I think the agent washed it a few times with soap etc after servicing. It had one problem which was the aux light switch that needed replacement after about 20k miles. This was weird because it was switched on when I took delivery of the bike and left in that position until I traded it! I was sympathetic with the washer and just used it to remove the dirt in a controlled manner. When I took the bike in, the only areas of compromised brightworks were the areas that BMW acknowledge and replace under warranty (alternator cover, final drive etc)
The analogy I can offer is that in the right hands, an angle grinder can be a great tool and deliver very good results. In the wrong hands, the angle grinder will destroy the subject. The same applies to a pressure washer!
littleredrooster
Registered user
I've never used anything other than a pressure washer for the past five years or so. Not had a problem with any electrics or hydraulics or owt else, but I don't point it at bearings or calipers.
The only washing induced electrical fault I've had was as a teenager managing to get my RD400 running backwards after soaking the CDI unit (interesting to say the least!) but that was with a garden hose (don't think pressure washers were invented back then
).
As a kid my Dad showed me how to wash a bike properly. Bear in mind he ran old Brits with felt washers for bearing seals, open carbs and magnetos with bent tinplate as a weathershield you soon learned what not to soak even with a bucket and sponge.
You seem to have a real bee in the bonnet about water damage so come on 'fess up; what did you feck up???
).As a kid my Dad showed me how to wash a bike properly. Bear in mind he ran old Brits with felt washers for bearing seals, open carbs and magnetos with bent tinplate as a weathershield you soon learned what not to soak even with a bucket and sponge.
You seem to have a real bee in the bonnet about water damage so come on 'fess up; what did you feck up???
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