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Yep, mine's failed. Riding along and thought, "Hmm, the M1's bumpier than usual this evening" and then realised it probably wasn't the motorway surface :blast

Pulled onto the hard shoulder and sure enough there was blobs of grease on the brake disc and the rim. Thought I could either wait for my mate/the RAC to recover me or just limp it off at the next junction and over to my mate's workshop. Opted for the limp it option - rather peculiar riding along with a wobbly rear wheel!

Waiting on a bearing from James Sherlock now.

So, 31,500 miles - is that good or bad going for a 1200 final drive failure? :confused:
 
Ragnar said:
Yep, mine's failed. Riding along and thought, "Hmm, the M1's bumpier than usual this evening" and then realised it probably wasn't the motorway surface :blast

Pulled onto the hard shoulder and sure enough there was blobs of grease on the brake disc and the rim. Thought I could either wait for my mate/the RAC to recover me or just limp it off at the next junction and over to my mate's workshop. Opted for the limp it option - rather peculiar riding along with a wobbly rear wheel!

Waiting on a bearing from James Sherlock now.

So, 31,500 miles - is that good or bad going for a 1200 final drive failure? :confused:
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Erm, must be pretty good cos I'm on my 4th at 32k :D
 
Canuck said:
Sherlock's is probably cheaper, but it may be worth knowing that main dealers charge £33-£34 for the bearing.
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Ah, cheers. I wasn't aware that I could get the bearing individually from BMW. When you ring them they sound surprised that you're not just replacing the whole unit! I guess they're not the ones paying for them!

Will see if I can find the part no. in the online Fiche. The RepROM's useless - just has instructions on how to replace the unit as far as I can see
 
So can you get away with just changing a bearing?

reading all the threads on here,including PATZX12 excellent write up it seems that you have to do pinion gear bearing crown wheel shimming and backlash etc.

I would be interested to see the repair you do,any pics etc:thumb2
 
Ragnar said:
Yep, mine's failed. Riding along and thought, "Hmm, the M1's bumpier than usual this evening" and then realised it probably wasn't the motorway surface 1200 final drive failure? :confused:
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Canuck said:
Sherlock's is probably cheaper, but it may be worth knowing that main dealers charge £33-£34 for the bearing.
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BlueBird said:
So can you get away with just changing a bearing?

reading all the threads on here,including PATZX12 excellent write up it seems that you have to do pinion gear bearing crown wheel shimming and backlash etc.
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:blast so not a 1150 then.... :blast it was late.... :cool:
 
BlueBird said:
So can you get away with just changing a bearing?

reading all the threads on here,including PATZX12 excellent write up it seems that you have to do pinion gear bearing crown wheel shimming and backlash etc.

I would be interested to see the repair you do,any pics etc:thumb2
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Everything seems fine expect for the bearing, so I'm just simply repairing rather than completely reconditioning. If you reconditioned then I would assume you'd need to do the whole lot, yes. I of course know next to little about final drives, but it's in the hands of a good mate whom I trust with these things.
 
Hi Buddy, Just rebuilt my F/D last week, not too bad a job if you have the time and patience, and a bit of know how.
List of part numbers & Prices below, hope it helps.
C33.11.7.769.864 SHAFT SEAL (LARGE). £13.71
C33.11.7.699.630 GASKET RING (REAR OF DISC FLANGE). £16.51
C33.11.7.679.862 SHAFT SEAL (SMALL). £8.68
C33.11.7.695.218 O-RING. £3.02
C33.11.7.720.235 ROLLER BEARING (LARGE). £45.96
C33.11.7.674.121 NEEDLE SLEEVE (SMALL). £22.05
£109.93 + VAT.
Good Luck.
06 GSA 29,000 4th F/D
1st replaced 10,000.
2nd failed 22,550 replaced with 2nd hand unit.
3rd pivot shaft bearing and seal replaced 24,000 in Spain.
4th on bike now after being rebuilt, and will rebuild spare unit so I'm ready for next time, read as if you have one you'll never need it!!!
:thumb2
 
madmax said:
Hi Buddy, Just rebuilt my F/D last week, not too bad a job if you have the time and patience, and a bit of know how.
List of part numbers & Prices below, hope it helps.
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Hi. Thanks for the part numbers and prices! Noted down for future reference - have a feeling they will come in VERY handy.

Apparently getting my roller bearing out of the housing was quite a challenge - might have something to do with me riding the bike a good few miles to the workshop after it failed - whoops! I've never been one to wait for a recovery truck (Yeah, yeah I know - I bought the wrong bike! :P:D)
 
madmax said:
Hi Buddy, Just rebuilt my F/D last week, not too bad a job if you have the time and patience, and a bit of know how.
List of part numbers & Prices below, hope it helps.
C33.11.7.769.864 SHAFT SEAL (LARGE). £13.71
C33.11.7.699.630 GASKET RING (REAR OF DISC FLANGE). £16.51
C33.11.7.679.862 SHAFT SEAL (SMALL). £8.68
C33.11.7.695.218 O-RING. £3.02
C33.11.7.720.235 ROLLER BEARING (LARGE). £45.96
C33.11.7.674.121 NEEDLE SLEEVE (SMALL). £22.05
£109.93 + VAT.
Good Luck.
06 GSA 29,000 4th F/D
1st replaced 10,000.
2nd failed 22,550 replaced with 2nd hand unit.
3rd pivot shaft bearing and seal replaced 24,000 in Spain.
4th on bike now after being rebuilt, and will rebuild spare unit so I'm ready for next time, read as if you have one you'll never need it!!!
:thumb2
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Must say i am a lot happier now knowing i am not the only one which had lots of final drives going.:eek:
Also had a 06 GSA and my final drive went evry 13000miles.Had it 3 times replaced by BMW and only the last time did i have had to pay for a re-furb.Cost me £350.
Now have traded my 06 in for a 09 model.Lets wait and see:thumb
 
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04 1200GS with 20,000 on the clock seems a common fault !:blast
 
I think you'll find it's not too common and most are good and reliable. Mines at 60k with no problem but i am going to strip and rebuild the FD because I think it's time for seals and bearings. There is a little backlash in there as well so it won't hurt to have a peek inside.

Bearings and seals need replacing from time to time and they go for a pastime on 11**s so it's not new/.

I think the problem is that BuMW said it was a sealed unit on the 1200 and would never go wrong. Bet they wish they hadn't said that........
 
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