PARALEVER BEARING help please

KAR 120C

KAR 120C

Registered user
Joined
Feb 24, 2010
Messages
21
Reaction score
0
Location
Wiltshire, England
Good morning all.

I have an R1150 GSA with 46k miles and taken out for the first time in anger over the weekend just past. On the ride home I noticed squeaky noises from the bike, two up, after a pleasant afternoon. Once home, closer inspection revealed a squeaking 'notchy' feel to the bearings attaching the final drive unit to the prop shaft tube. This appeared to match the noise during the ride.

I would like to ask, does anyone have any comment to make about the greasable bronze bush(ing) 'upgrade' versus the original BMW taper roller bearing installation? Clearly the uprade relies heavily on the greased bearing surfaces as there is no taper adjustment, unlike the OEM BMW bearing. Also, is my bike still rideable with the worn 'notchy' bearings or are they prone to break up very quickly?

Any help will be much appreciated.

Regards,
Michael
 
KAR 120C said:
Good morning all.

I have an R1150 GSA with 46k miles and taken out for the first time in anger over the weekend just past. On the ride home I noticed squeaky noises from the bike, two up, after a pleasant afternoon. Once home, closer inspection revealed a squeaking 'notchy' feel to the bearings attaching the final drive unit to the prop shaft tube. This appeared to match the noise during the ride.

I would like to ask, does anyone have any comment to make about the greasable bronze bush(ing) 'upgrade' versus the original BMW taper roller bearing installation? Clearly the uprade relies heavily on the greased bearing surfaces as there is no taper adjustment, unlike the OEM BMW bearing. Also, is my bike still rideable with the worn 'notchy' bearings or are they prone to break up very quickly?

Any help will be much appreciated.

Regards,
Michael
Click to expand...

Google nushings I’ve just ordered a set for mine


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
Thank you 'Gothbiker'.

I looked them up, Will investigate further a little later. What have you discovered about them?
 
gothbiker said:
Google nushings I’ve just ordered a set for mine


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Click to expand...

Be sure to heat the bearing fastenings thoroughly before attempting to unscrew, you need to soften the threadlock - or else you risk screwing up the threads (no pun intended and it’s no joke when it happens)



Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
Buckingham said:
Be sure to heat the bearing fastenings thoroughly before attempting to unscrew, you need to soften the threadlock - or else you risk screwing up the threads (no pun intended and it’s no joke when it happens)



Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Click to expand...

I’ve ordered a set for.mine I bought the greaae ones from motorworks and they haven’t lasted too well


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
I appreciate the comments thus far. Point taken regarding heating the 'bolt' fastenings. Thank you.

What about the Nushings? Any consensus of opinion about these?

I will revisit this evening. Off to work now!
 
I have a set of the nushings from mouthfulloflake on advrider. not installed yet as mine are still ok, but ive heard good things about them.
 
Mikeyboy rebuilt my final drive 2 years ago and installed a set of the greaseable bushings. Two years on and I've had no problems.
 
I put Nushings on mine. I haven't put a huge amount of mileage on them yet, just a few thousand, but so far they're working well. They only took a week to get to Ireland from USA.
 
My original bmw bearings are now 15 years old and covered 80K miles and are perfectly fine.

Regrease them once a year and keep them perfectly adjusted and i hope i'll never need replace them. .
 
My originals were toast at 11k I had to adjust them at 5k when I got the bike so probably incorrectly fitted in the factory. Second set now on 66k lubed and adjusted once. Hope not to have to replace:D
 
Steptoe said:
My original bmw bearings are now 15 years old and covered 80K miles and are perfectly fine.

Regrease them once a year and keep them perfectly adjusted and i hope i'll never need replace them. .
Click to expand...

Oh WoW!.
I like the idea of OEM bearings on the bike. I am here because they usuually get a bad press. So, my ears pricked up when I read the two comments regarding adjusting them for longevity. Is this something I will find in my service manual? How do you go about adjusting yours? 80,000 miles is much better than all the reports I have read.
 
KAR 120C said:
Oh WoW!.
I like the idea of OEM bearings on the bike. I am here because they usuually get a bad press. So, my ears pricked up when I read the two comments regarding adjusting them for longevity. Is this something I will find in my service manual? How do you go about adjusting yours? 80,000 miles is much better than all the reports I have read.
Click to expand...
If you do go for adjusting them, I'd recommend taking it apart, cleaning and refitting the bearings (with new grease of course). Chances are they're shagged, but without getting them out, you won't know.

I think Steptoe has the right idea, to service them. In most cases us mortals forget they're even there until they start squeaking or there's eccessive play. By which time they need replacing!

I used the greased bushes from MW. There was still zero play when I sold the 1150 and that was after at least a couple of years of daily use and a couple of trips to Italy. I also tried to add some grease a couple of times, but very little entered them.



Sent from my SM-N910F using Tapatalk
 
Slipperyeel said:
If you do go for adjusting them, I'd recommend taking it apart, cleaning and refitting the bearings (with new grease of course). Chances are they're shagged, but without getting them out, you won't know.

I think Steptoe has the right idea, to service them. In most cases us mortals forget they're even there until they start squeaking or there's eccessive play. By which time they need replacing!

I used the greased bushes from MW. There was still zero play when I sold the 1150 and that was after at least a couple of years of daily use and a couple of trips to Italy. I also tried to add some grease a couple of times, but very little entered them.



Sent from my SM-N910F using Tapatalk
Click to expand...


Thank you for your replies. Unless there are other bearings available I think I have plenty to work on now. All comments very much appreciated. By the way, I wasn't thinking of reusing my existing bearings!

Be seeing you
 
Fitted Nushings to my bike - when I removed the o/e ones circa 50k miles they were utterly donald ducked. Nushings seemed like a good idea and after around 10k miles they're as good as gold, and this involved many thousands of miles in New Zealand on gravel trails two up fully loaded. Reckon they work well.
 
Don't forget, plenty of heat on the pivots when you remove them - that threadlock BMW use is tough stuff. I used the less strong blue stuff when I refitted them and they haven't come loose, but it's worth marking them just in case. Thing that surprised me was how bad the originals werre - looked like they'd come out of the headstock of a bike that had done loads of wheelies.:eek:

P1130032.jpg
 
Nippy Normans supply Touratech, Wunderlich, Desert Fox and many other makes of accessories.
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Paralever Bearing Replacement with Nushings R1100GS - My experience
Replies
3
Views
2,252
quaycrest
mouthfulloflake
BMW paralever pivot bushings NUSHINGS
2
Replies
23
Views
21,922
Ogmios
Ogmios
Designing a different mousetrap - Final Drive Bearing Tool for 1150's
2 3
Replies
45
Views
5,868
Captain Black
Captain Black
warmshed
solid paralever bearings
2
Replies
33
Views
6,524
rockman
G650 headstock bearings ref num 320/28X
Replies
18
Views
8,469
nicholsonj2252
nicholsonj2252


Back
Top Bottom