Phang
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Not a GS but a R1150R Roadster having the similar telelever and ball joint
My 2002 R1150R has a torn telelever ball joint rubber bellow. The slit on the rubber bellow exposes the grease to the elements. Before things get worse, I should do something on it.
I found out a few things on this telelever ball joint.
1. BMW don’t sell the rubber bellow separately.
2. A special socket and hex key set is required to remove and to reinstall the ball joint collar nut [14] at the leading link side.
3. A 46mm flat to flat socket is required to remove the ball joint from the slider tube bridge [11].
4. A good 230Nm of torque is needed to fasten it back to the slider tube bridge [11].
I bought a new but defective (seized) ball joint online a while ago at a discounted price, my plan is to remove the rubber bellow from the new ball joint and replace the torn one on my bike with this new bellow without replacing the ball joint on my bike.
The ball joint on my bike seems good, I will give it a good clean up and repack with fresh grease before I put everything back.
Now, the question:-
The BMW repair manual call for a “new nut [14] or clean thread + Loctite2701)”
I bought a new collar nut [14], it came pre-coated with some kind of thread locker on the thread. Do I use the collar nut [14] straight from the packaging or do I still need to apply Loctite2701 when I torque it down to 130Nm?
The nut [14], pre-coated with the turquoise colour thread locker
I got this Hazet tools from a mate who sells German tools
My 2002 R1150R has a torn telelever ball joint rubber bellow. The slit on the rubber bellow exposes the grease to the elements. Before things get worse, I should do something on it.
I found out a few things on this telelever ball joint.
1. BMW don’t sell the rubber bellow separately.
2. A special socket and hex key set is required to remove and to reinstall the ball joint collar nut [14] at the leading link side.
3. A 46mm flat to flat socket is required to remove the ball joint from the slider tube bridge [11].
4. A good 230Nm of torque is needed to fasten it back to the slider tube bridge [11].
I bought a new but defective (seized) ball joint online a while ago at a discounted price, my plan is to remove the rubber bellow from the new ball joint and replace the torn one on my bike with this new bellow without replacing the ball joint on my bike.
The ball joint on my bike seems good, I will give it a good clean up and repack with fresh grease before I put everything back.
Now, the question:-
The BMW repair manual call for a “new nut [14] or clean thread + Loctite2701)”
I bought a new collar nut [14], it came pre-coated with some kind of thread locker on the thread. Do I use the collar nut [14] straight from the packaging or do I still need to apply Loctite2701 when I torque it down to 130Nm?
The nut [14], pre-coated with the turquoise colour thread locker
I got this Hazet tools from a mate who sells German tools