Q for K100 owners

I'm giving the K a service tomorrow and part of the plan is to grease
the rear splines but which grease do I use?

I'll be taking a trip to Halfords for engine oil etc so if I can get
the grease from there then I'll be a happy person.

 

I think Timo is yer man on this. It's some sort of moly-based grease iirc. I
use similar on the Guzzis's drive splines.

JB

 

I imagine the same stuff as for R series. According to Neil aka Steptoe on
ukgser you use molydebenum disulphate
http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31194&highlight=grease+spline

Neil is a London based independent BMW specialist with a very good
reputation

 

I don't think you can - the one you're supposed to use is a special BMW
grease. I'd have to dig around the garage to find out what it's called.

 

Cheers.

I might have a tin of molybdenum disulphate in the garage so that'll
be the first place to look but if (as suggested in the thread) it can
be sourced from a car spares outlet then I'll be able to sort
something out either way.

 

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I've got some of that; but stick to using it on the clutch splines.

Invariably I use moly on the drive shaft.

 

IIRC yer average bog standard lithium grease will do - it's not like a
gearbox output shaft where you need high-concentration moly paste.

 

Any decent Moly based gloop will do.

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Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Greybeard

*Boggle*

 

That's the one. I've seen badly worn drive and rear wheel splines and BMW
blame the incorrect lube. Still, lots of a decent moly lube will better
than nothing and the failed units usually looked pretty dry.

 

I just use CV grease on the Guzzi's drive shaft splines and clutch centre.

 

Thanks to all for the answers, it appears that in a previous life I
must have been involved in mechanical engineering because I've got a
tin of moly disulphide paste and I've even got a spray on version of
the same stuff.

It's time to beat the KTM into life then go and fetch the necessary
lubricants. I hope this isn't going to be a day for Dodger type
posts...

 

Heh. I was slightly amazed that your van didn't contain a selection
of appropriate greases.

Aw, don't be a spoil sport.
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Arrr - well, they molybendums don't burn so well, see?

 

Which the cunts down at North Oxford BMW know nothing at all about.

I even sent the guy a fucking picture of the tube in its BMW Accessory
blister packaging.

He still told me it was discontinued and nothing had replaced it.

 

*fnarr*

 

tis all done, they've retired to the pub leaving the drive a mess.

the same cannot be said for the refitting of the turbo plastic. I've
scratched the mudguard and cracked the fairing. on top of this Andy
has snapped a bolt so its all gone back into the garage and I'm
sulking.
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See, it's not *just* me.

 

It's more that I don't do fitting work these days so I don't need it
in my van.

I've got a tin of something similar that I forgot to give back at a
nuclear power station but it's with a load of my kit in our workshops.