I would expect they have been fitted incorrectly
Has the dealer said that the lever was fitted incorrectly ?Before you get on your legal high horse, it depends who fitted the levers
The OP
The BMW Dealer
Motea dealer in UK
A.N. Other
Read this....
I would expect they have been fitted incorrectly
On a wet clutch ?In normal wear yes but once the clutch slips it gets very hot and once the friction material exceeds normal operating temps it can destroy itself pretty quickly. I had a company car that got stuck in 3rd ( gear linkage came off) about 40 miles from base. Just the slipping from 10 or so junction pull aways to get home damaged the Friction plate to the point of replacement.. The mechanic showed me the clutch and it had got hot and shredded most of the friction material.
On a wet clutch ?
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His bike has a wet clutch, so it is unlikely to be overheating.No dry on a car obviously, it was more to make the point about exceeding friction material temps and the effect on wear.
A look at the lever suppliers site shows that the levers are supplied without push rods so the op must have removed and refitted his original ones to the new levers. So he should know if he adjusted the push rod for free play. The dealer may not be aware of this so will Possibly blame the lever in general.
Also, if the pushrod freeplay was of "such" importance Tuv would require it to be referenced in any instructions.I fitted the levers, as I have on all my other bikes. The dealer did not say that they were fitted incorrectly. That said, I'm not a technician and I didn't see anything about push rod adjustments on the instructions. I did with this bike what I have done with all the others, popped the OEM's off, and popped the new ones on.
Bollocks, what a get out. They are supposed to be professional mechanics/technicians. They are quite happy to state that it isn't down to anything to do with BMW bits.I just asked the dealer if installation was the issue - they said they had to sit on the fence o that one as they're not permitted to advise on third party products.
I just asked the dealer if installation was the issue - they said they had to sit on the fence o that one as they're not permitted to advise on third party products.
Before you get on your legal high horse, it depends who fitted the levers
The OP
The BMW Dealer
Motea dealer in UK
A.N. Other
Read this....
I would expect they have been fitted incorrectly
QS fitted too??
Correct.Hang on a cotton pickin moment
The QS ( IIRC) has a micro switch thing in the clutch lever assembly so if the clutch lever were preventing the clutch from fully disengaging the QS would not work either plus of course its a Hydraulic clutch isnt it
Or at least thats how it seems to me
I have encountered similar situations to this many, many times over my working life and every single one ultimately boils down to one thing.
Did person 'A' do something that is likely to have caused the failure/problem on machine 'B' which would have continued working if that action by person 'A' had not taken place ?
If the answer is yes, you're out of luck I’m sorry to say.
I do feel sorry for you though, a hard lesson learned.