08-03-2024, 06:12 PM
Grumpy: Thank you for those maintenance videos on the R1200RS. BMW no longer sells shop manuals, so I've been using your videos as my primary reference for engine and final drive oil changes for my R1250RS. I'll be doing a spline check soon. I've watched some other videos that show only lubing the rear splines. They state that the front is held on my the snap ring, and never goes anywhere. Also, I notice that the snap ring, part number 33 73 8 556 245, is shown along with the drive shaft in the online parts fiche. I wonder if it's supposed to be installed inside the internal splines on the front drive shaft rather than on the external splines on the transmission output shaft?
So my questions are:
1. Do you consider it absolutely necessary to fully remove the drive shaft from the housing? and
2. From your observations on the internal splines on the front part of the drive shaft, do you think it might work if you installed the clip there instead on the external splines?
Thank you
ATB
So my questions are:
1. Do you consider it absolutely necessary to fully remove the drive shaft from the housing? and
2. From your observations on the internal splines on the front part of the drive shaft, do you think it might work if you installed the clip there instead on the external splines?
Thank you
ATB