I had some depressing news this week. While I had my 2008 K1200LT with 44K miles on it in to replace its clutch I was told the rear drive was also bad. So not only did I have a clutch go out way too early I also have a rear drive failure! Morton's BMW said it wasn't the usual suspect of the ring gear but something else. Oil was leaking out through the rear tire lug nuts and coating the brake disk making the rear brakes non-functional.
As usual no rear drives in CONUS so I have to wait 7-10 business days for one to be shipped from Germany. I haven't been paying attention lately but are the rear drive failures any less prevalent than 5 years ago?
This is my 3rd rear drive failure in the past 5 years, although only the first on this bike. As much as I like the bike overall it's getting expensive to keep the rear drive repaired.
What is everyone's experience lately with regard to BMW covering the repair out of warranty? Hopefully they will work with me on this. They covered one of my earlier replacements even though the bike had 75K miles on it.
WildBill
As usual no rear drives in CONUS so I have to wait 7-10 business days for one to be shipped from Germany. I haven't been paying attention lately but are the rear drive failures any less prevalent than 5 years ago?
This is my 3rd rear drive failure in the past 5 years, although only the first on this bike. As much as I like the bike overall it's getting expensive to keep the rear drive repaired.
What is everyone's experience lately with regard to BMW covering the repair out of warranty? Hopefully they will work with me on this. They covered one of my earlier replacements even though the bike had 75K miles on it.
WildBill