Smaller inner seal and larger outer seal replaced. Dealer stated that it was the larger of the two that was leaking, but replaced both.
On the BMW sites they'd be screaming, "ANOTHER FINAL DRIVE FAILURE."
Maybe use this? http://www.revzilla.com/product/motion-pro-bearing-remover-set
As mentioned here: http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=17311.msg211961#msg211961
Hi all,
Sorry if I missed a post that covers this. Bike has 340 miles on it. Bought new with 3. I am breaking it in out on country roads and I notice this on my Back rim. It seems like the final drive is seeping. Is this normal for these bikes? Thanks for the help.
It seems like the final drive is seeping. Is this normal for these bikes?My new 2015 also had a greasy rear wheel. Not as bad as yours, but only rode it home for 35 miles. It could very well be leftover from assembly, or dealer spilled fluid and didn't clean up. You can't really overfill it on this bike... unless you do it on purpose, since fluid leaks out of the hole. I'm not going to worry about it for now. Just clean the wheel, check that fluid level is fine, change the FD oil when you change the engine oil, and keep an eye on fluid level at the SAME EXACT spot (on centerstand) if you keep seeing that. If fluid drops, then you'd have a leaky seal for sure. But my guess is our seals will be just fine. Need to research which fluid to use; I want a fully-synthetic one, since there's very little of it in there. And will change it at every oil change (cheap insurance). Hope this helps.
You can't really overfill it on this bike... unless you do it on purpose, since fluid leaks out of the hole.
My new 2015 also had a greasy rear wheel. Not as bad as yours, but only rode it home for 35 miles. It could very well be leftover from assembly, or dealer spilled fluid and didn't clean up. You can't really overfill it on this bike... unless you do it on purpose, since fluid leaks out of the hole. I'm not going to worry about it for now. Just clean the wheel, check that fluid level is fine, change the FD oil when you change the engine oil, and keep an eye on fluid level at the SAME EXACT spot (on centerstand) if you keep seeing that. If fluid drops, then you'd have a leaky seal for sure. But my guess is our seals will be just fine. Need to research which fluid to use; I want a fully-synthetic one, since there's very little of it in there. And will change it at every oil change (cheap insurance). Hope this helps.
Changing the final drive fluid every 5,000 miles is way overkill IMHO once the initial change is done at 600 miles. I do mine every 10,000 with synthetic Valvoline. When filling on center stand, make sure not to fill to the top of bolt threads- leave a little below and it will never leak.
It may or may not need changing at every engine oil change but it's SO easy to change and it doesn't take much gear oil to fill it up, why not do it? You have to do something, besides drinking a beer, while you wait for the engine oil to drain right?