12-27-2019, 06:51 AM
I performed the same general procedure on my 2015 R1200RT when the bike had roughly 30,000 miles on it.
If you look at a parts fiche for the R1200RS you will see there is a snap ring "holding" the shaft in place on both the part of the shaft that is closest to the trans and the part of the shaft closest to the rear end.
My memory of the process I used is foggy at best but I as I recall a fair amount of pressure was required to pop the shaft out of both the rear snap ring and the front snap ring. When I had reassembled everything popping the drive shaft "back in" was a similar process but not easy to do. As noted below I referenced advrider for the procedure and also referred to the maintenance CD from BMW for the RS.
The information and pictures that individuals had posted on advrider relative to the procedure they had used was very helpful.
Hope this is of some help Michael. Good luck
If you look at a parts fiche for the R1200RS you will see there is a snap ring "holding" the shaft in place on both the part of the shaft that is closest to the trans and the part of the shaft closest to the rear end.
My memory of the process I used is foggy at best but I as I recall a fair amount of pressure was required to pop the shaft out of both the rear snap ring and the front snap ring. When I had reassembled everything popping the drive shaft "back in" was a similar process but not easy to do. As noted below I referenced advrider for the procedure and also referred to the maintenance CD from BMW for the RS.
The information and pictures that individuals had posted on advrider relative to the procedure they had used was very helpful.
Hope this is of some help Michael. Good luck