Gear oil

[RaymondO]

just changed Gear oil on my '05 R1200RT---no noticeable metal but a very reddish tint to the fluid?? Use bike and best I can tell--has not been changed in 45K miles.

replaced with LandRover 75/90 Gear oil. Is there need for concern with the color?

Thanks

Ray in Va

[dirtrider]

just changed Gear oil on my '05 R1200RT---no noticeable metal but a very reddish tint to the fluid?? Use bike and best I can tell--has not been changed in 45K miles.

replaced with LandRover 75/90 Gear oil. Is there need for concern with the color?

 

Evening Ray

 

Probably nothing to worry about. BMW sold a reddish colored final drive gear oil for a numbed of years & that always left a reddish looking gear oil at drain time.

 

Not much can that can go wrong with a 1200 final drive that turns the gear oil red.

[sardineone]

Hi Ray,I've had gear oil in the past that had a red tint right from the bottle (Kendall synthetic). Since you are a newer member just checking, did you re-fill with revised spec 180cc of oil instead of the original spec of 230cc?

Edited February 26, 2017 by sardineone

[RaymondO]

I did the 180CC and topped off gear box to the bottom of the fill hole....all good it seems---Many thanks!!

[Mark C]

Sorry, I should have remembered this, but I thought I heard you say once that you never saw a final drive go (R1200RT) that didn't leak first?

Is that right?

Mark

[dirtrider]

Sorry, I should have remembered this, but I thought I heard you say once that you never saw a final drive go (R1200RT) that didn't leak first?

Is that right?

 

Morning Mark

 

I guess you have to define the term GO. I have seen a number of 1200RT final drives that had failing crown bearings that didn't leak. Probably would have eventually leaked if ridden far enough on a bad bearing but they get pretty noisy & growly long before leaking.