So the service went almost according to plan.
Spark plugs, easy
Air filter, fairly straight forward
Front brakes - the pistons unseized after a surprisingly small amount of persuasion but they don't seem to work evenly on the LH caliper (the inner pad there was a hair's breadth away from the metal
- no wonder the brakes were shite!)
The pistons all looked in reasonable fettle despite 3 winters in my ownership... not quite R6 easy to move (or take to bits...) would probably need to strip completely with new seals to get them totally sorted - but life is too short. this week..
quite how BMW thought that the design of the brake fluid reservoir was a good idea is beyond me.. looks great from the saddle - are you meant to top the bike up on the side stand??? Fluid everywhere... (fortunately the plastics were on the shed roof..)
Poly v belt - plastic cover had to come off, there's not much room to work down there, oh.. why does the allen key seem to be spinning in the bolt....
Come back to that job then..
Oil change, easy enough, the filter socket and driver got a good hot oil bath and the yard was liberally lubricated despite my best efforts in spreading a couple of pages of MCN around the area...
Then my mate and his missus turned up with a bag full of becks and lamb chops. Gloves off, barbie on.
Final drive oil change and belt will have to wait till later then..
Quite shocked at the state of the pads.
Also tried to remove the front mudguard for a clean up as I took the wheel out to make the brake job a bit easier. The bottom fasteners had other ideas though so the mudguard stayed put....
Paintwork on the bottom of the engine is quite spectacularly flaky. I wont look down there again in a hurry...
Why do BMW fit fasteners made of cheese in direct line of road crud/ salt etc. Any ideas how to get the 4mm allen bolt off the front cover without melting the plastic/ leaving a small stud sticking out the front? Anyone got a Dremel nearby??
Ade
