Driveshaft
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 9:18 pm
At the National I noticed that Don Porters selling driveshafts for the R1200R. Priced at $650 it's cheaper then the $1,000 BMW unit but it's rebuild able and has grease fittings on it. Slightly more than the rebuild by the guy in Canada ($500) but looks superior.
One of the good things with the procedure to change the fluid in the rear drive of the early R1200Rs is you get a chance to inspect the rear universal joint (the one that usually goes) and change it before it goes and causes major damage. At 70,000 one of the caps were cracked in mine and pins were laying in the rubber boot. One of the guys had a driveshaft go on his R1200RT(same as ours) on the way to the national.
Link to Porters site (I couldn't find driveshafts): http://www.beemershop.com/Merchant5/mer ... ode=R1200R
One of the good things with the procedure to change the fluid in the rear drive of the early R1200Rs is you get a chance to inspect the rear universal joint (the one that usually goes) and change it before it goes and causes major damage. At 70,000 one of the caps were cracked in mine and pins were laying in the rubber boot. One of the guys had a driveshaft go on his R1200RT(same as ours) on the way to the national.
Link to Porters site (I couldn't find driveshafts): http://www.beemershop.com/Merchant5/mer ... ode=R1200R