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Re: R1200RT rear drive oil
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 5:21 pm
by CVA-42
More than 100 times !? How often do you do it?
Re: R1200RT rear drive oil
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 7:40 pm
by macdaddy
I was a lead master tec at Touring sport for 16 years.... done it a few times..
Re: R1200RT rear drive oil
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:40 am
by CVA-42
I see. So, obviously, this is a valid maintenance procedure in your opinion or should the final drive be dropped and rotated per previous suggestions even if no other work is being done to the bike?
Re: R1200RT rear drive oil
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 2:26 pm
by Major Softie
CVA-42 wrote:I see. So, obviously, this is a valid maintenance procedure in your opinion or should the final drive be dropped and rotated per previous suggestions even if no other work is being done to the bike?
I believe the answer clearly is: yes.
Re: R1200RT rear drive oil
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:19 pm
by the quinner
macdaddy wrote:I was a lead master tec at Touring sport for 16 years.... done it a few times..
Is that how you did the 600 mile break-in service?
Re: R1200RT rear drive oil
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 3:47 pm
by macdaddy
you need to try it. If you have a good evac pump it works VERY well. BUT not for the newer bikes w/ no "fill" plug. there is more than one way to skin a cat....
Re: R1200RT rear drive oil
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:16 pm
by the quinner
macdaddy wrote:you need to try it. If you have a good evac pump it works VERY well. BUT not for the newer bikes w/ no "fill" plug. there is more than one way to skin a cat....
Again, is this a technique that you would use during a 600 mile break-in service?
I agree that there is often more than one way to do a job and I'm all for techniques that can help make a job quicker or more efficient...
if there aren't any downsides. We are going to have to agree to disagree on whether this subject has downsides, or not. I do know for 100% certain that the fellows in New Jersey would raise more than a few eyebrows if they discovered that a failed final drive was maintained this way...yes, they would probably still pay for it under warranty, but they would not be happy.
My background (all, thankfully, in the past): I have done a few dozen fluid changes on the "no drain" final drives (not that many, but enough to realize that it's a pretty easy procedure)...I've "overseen" (as Service Manager) well over 1000 fluid changes on them (probably a few thousand)...and, I've submitted quite a few warranty claims on the late model final drives (mostly bad seals...very few outright bearing failures). Oh, and I have a very good evac pump...I use it mostly for brake fluid. I had some really good and efficient techs and I had a few really lazy techs...not a single one of them sucked the fluid out the top.