Best instructional on that yet! Nobody else shows the front splines and I figure that's just as important.

Finally someone maintains the front splines.great job very thorough 👍

Wow, this is one of the best tutorial I have seen on KZfaq!

Excellent maintenance! Many owners R-series complain about rusty drive shaft, but didn't make that simple service.

Wonderful vid Sir and thanks much for posting. If I can make just 2 small suggestions...not improvements....just suggestions: Many struggle with completely removing the driveshaft from trans output shaft, then reassembling. If you simply slide the shaft back approx 1 inch as seen in your vid...apply spline grease with small brush...then push shaft back in fully...it is well lubricated. Also, people doing this service themselves seem to fixate on the type and amount of grease to apply to all the splines. A simple chassis grease...axle grease...red Silkolene grease..anything in that arena works fine. And apply a common-sense amount of it. Just enough to cover the splines is sufficient. And if you have the trans in 1st gear it makes shaft reassembly much easier and quicker.

The only video on this that shows the removal of the front drive boot - well done as this is super important to get right!

This is great! My GS Rallye done nearly 25k ... I'll be doing this straight after next trip and thereafter every 10k or after serious water/mud rides! Thx.

Highest quality training! Well done. Thank you!

Getting ready to perform this maintenance on a 2010 GS 1200. This is a great video. Thank you for the direction & advise. GR.

Snap On ratchets, Knipex cutters, & Milwaukee power driver. Good tools man.

Very efficient and very clean of doing a great job! Thank you for sharing.

Thanks. Just finished doing mine front and back. I would have been finished sooner but had a 30 minute tussle with the splines in the back aligning. I finally used a ratchet strap through the hole in the back differential to slowly ratchet it up and then it was easy peasy. Thanks for the video!

Nicely done and now I’ll complete the job myself… thanks for front spline part of the video… brilliant

Most complete service I have seen, thanks!

Best video on this procedure thank you I look forward to more GS maintenance videos!

This was the BEST video I've seen here on KZfaq for lubing the final drive splines. Thank you...

Thank you! This may be the most professional how-to video I have watched. Background music is calming. I will be doing this soon on my (new to me) 2012 R1200R with 10K on the clock. I doubt this service has been done yet. I'm glad you covered the front of the shaft as well as the rear lube.

Perfect video brother. Great relaxing music, so clean and thorough. Well done 👍

Thanx, was looking for this for taking the whole shaft out. Good work / video 👌

good video I did not see any mention of the snap ring on trany side of the drive shaft. As I was cleaning the drive shaft spines i saw the inside dia. had an undercut. I then looked at an exploded view of the assembly and sure enough it showed a snap ring! It gets destroyed at dis assembly. 8$ part at max bmw.

You make it look so easy. Well done and nicely shot video. 👍

Finally, someone who serviced the front splines!

Great video, thank you. I also say "there you go" when I get things lined up and threading. Each one is a small victory. Great camera work and technical know how.

Great video - you make it look easy! I would add that one instructional hint would help - that being, you need to keep the shaft lined up so that the u-joint coming off the main drive is in the up and down orientation. Mine was not lined up and it got jammed when i backed it off - it took me quite a while to get it loose.

Excellent, and no cussing!!

Nice and tidy clean work, well done.

Great video and job! Thx for sharing!

Awesome video, thank you!

Finally a really well done video congratulations

Hi Brother Good lesson . When time is come definitely i use your video to lube my toy. Thanks

Really good video!! I usually only see the rear shift spline lubrication. Well done sir and thank you.

Hi, today i changed my r nine t gear oil and finaldrive oil and saw swingarm rubber boot cracked i was wondering for replaceing to remove all swingarm but your video show me how to replace without take off all part and go dealer pay lots of money. Thanks for the video.

Excellent, thank you :)

Only vid where i saw complete removal of driveshaft ... well done all the other vid are only showing half the job... whoch means i would have only done half the job myself not realizing ... well doneand thanks

Great Video. That was the easy way to do it. All the other Videos I see, they are taking the whole Swingarm out. I’m really glad I found your Video. Thanks for making these, it really helps.👍👍😁

it's the best instructional video even i've seen.

Great vid. No messing about. Thanks!

Thank you Jim!

Hi, I must say, your a master at getting the rear splines back together. Usually takes me an age to line them up. Just one observation. The bolt you stated should be tightened to 145nm (paralever to bevel unit), I’m pretty sure that it should be 56nm. Maybe worth checking, I might be wrong. Great video though. Cheers from UK.

Well done! Very informational!

Hi - nice video and well explained. I used this to service my R1200. You should update the video about the torx setting of the paralever to final drive bolt. It should be 56 NM - not 145…

Thnx buddy . I am gonna maintain my final drive tomorrow

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Great video. Thanks!

Wow, it looks like you've done this a few time before. Excellent video!

Thank you for the effort 👍

Thank you so much for the info and it’s a huge help for me thanks

Excellent presentation

Great video my friend 👌

You make it look so easy

Brilliant thank you

I got to the page by coincidence and found that you ride the same group I occasionally ride with in Houston. It is impossible to miss Bruce!

Well done...very good video

Fantastic job!

Perfect, well done

Great tutorial, thx!

Hello from France. Very good video. Thanks for youre professionnalism

great video ... just a tip use a paint brush to apply grease on spline. and a jack to hold final drive can help lifting holding ... etc

Ottimo video! Great video!

Nice one mate good job. Keep it up. From the Land of OZ

Thank you, great video!!

Great video mate, i need someone to do this to my bike

Great video

Best I've seen 👍👍

Torque, paralever to bevel unit, IS for sure 56Nm. According to the Haynes manual.

Thank you

Hi, thanks for the video - super imformative. Do you have recommended brands on the different lubricants you use?

Thanks for sharing 😎🏍️💨💨💨💨👍🏻🇨🇦

Thank You!

Great GREAT vid. Thx

Great Job! BMW should do a carbon fiber shaft and housing.

Great video, thank you.

I agree the front is important

Excellent video

Great video Which Molly grease do you use on the splines.

Thanks for the great video. I did the rear splines but the shaft would not come off... it appears to move about 2cm then stops, Very strange but thanks to your video I will try it again and use a bigger Hammer ;-)

Good movie !

Thanx, great video.

Great and helpful video, thank you. Just a tiny little remark: you're using a T45 socket on the oil drain plug. Makes sense as it does the job and most people have it in their toolbox. But the actual size is a M7 Ribe socket. A size that hardly anybody has in their toolbox. 😄 This drain plug can be found not only on the GS, but on a wide range of the R and K bikes for the last 20 years or so. Other than that, just keep up the good work.

Superb thank you

great video !

BMW done mine on a recall then forget to fill it with diff oil .unless.. Nice handy video thanks

brill vid i am a new owner of a bmw just subscribed cos i am sure i will need it 😁

Well done!Without obnoxious background music.If FD oil is still good,put earplug into filling hole.

Hi Bruce, thanks for the video, could you please share the silicone grease, the shaft lubricant and the link for the shaft oil? Or the oil you buy directly from BMW? Thanks in advance for your reply.

I think things would be a little easier if you would have raised the wheel assembly up a little (with help if needed). Would help stab the spines on both ends of the front. Not to mention that the shaft would have gone in easier through the housing. Good vid overall

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Awesome video - calm work environment and spotlessly clean. Well done - I like how you don’t gloss over the difficult parts, like re-assembly and getting the shaft to mate all the way to top of transmission spline. Question though, do you need to index the driveshaft to get it in the exact spline position in the shaft. I know years ago when removing a driveshaft of a car the mechanics would make a mark across the output shaft and the driveshaft and then line the driveshaft back into the same spline if you understand my question ? Does it matter to put the driveshaft back on the same spline position at re-assembly?

My nickname in college was “little bungee” 😊

Important maintenance for BMW R1200GS. Great video.

Hi, would the 2007 GSA be the same ? Thank you.

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Thanks for a really great tutorial video. Very well explained. What grease is used for the shaft splines?

A useful video, but one thing you might want to check, the torque setting for the bolt securing the torque arm to the final drive hub at 13.29, which you give as 145nm. From what I have been able to find out, I think it’s actually 56nm. I’ve watched other videos and I’ve notice one quotes 100nm and another 60nm. When I looked at a chart on line for the R1250GS, that is what quoted 56nm.

What about the C clip on transmission spline? Was it there or not?

One other thing, you are in Germany? do you know where I can buy shims for valve clearence?

10:05 Is is better to apply grease between the rubber and the swingarm before you put the rubber in place?

Hey, which Grease u would suggest, is NBU 30 PTM okay???

there is a ring on the front splined shaft. Is this ring inside the splined sleeve?

I'm saving money to buy 1 like this, which is my dream bike, so every maintenance video you share like this is a must watch and keep! Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge and well done with the videos!! 👍👍 PS, can you please share what is the spray / brand you use to clean the spline after brushing it? Thank you again!