Thanks for the video. I just wanted to point out that you are not supposed to torque the chain sag adjusting screws. 19 Nm is for the pinch bolts on the front axle.
Omg thank you for noticing that 😱 I dunno what I was thinking. Prolly not paying attention. I mistakenly added info on the front pinch bolts onto this video SMH. Thank you for correcting me!!
The adjusting screw doesn't need a torque but the "locking nut " does. According BMW owners service manual it is 19Nm. Quoting the book "Locknut of the final-drive chain tensioning screw. 19Nm"
Hi, nice video but I would like to correct you on one thing: you should put the bike in gear and push it forward only to measure chain wear. In order to measure the correct chain play/sag you firs need to find the part of the chain with the least amount of deflection. You have to do it because a chain doesn’t “stretch” uniformly, some links more than others, so the free play/sag it isn’t constant all around. You could end up setting the sag based on the loose part of the chain, which means the less loose part will end up being too tight putting more stress on the wheel bearings and chain itself. In order to do that the bike has to be on the central stand. You will actually see, while you rotate the wheel, the chain moving up and down towards the swingarm demonstrating the irregular chain wear. I hope I was helpful and I wish you a speedy recovery from your injury.
Thanks for the video. Quick tip for filming with the garage door open: if possible, position the bike so that it is sideways across the garage with the side you're filming facing the open garage door, then position the camera facing inward from the garage door side. The exposure will be much more consistent instead of being underexposed at the front and overexposed at the rear. 👍🏻
Thanks for the video👍 I an glad that I have the center stand on our bikes. It’s hard enough to get the bike up and down on the center stand, I suppose it’s a night mare to tension the chain without the center stand. That’s a nice little 34mm wrench you got, good size for the tool box. It’s easy to find metric tools here but 34mm wrench is almost as large as the swing arm 😊. I have a 34 mm sockets that fits on my torque wrench but the socket is really big to and the torque wrench is larger than the 34 mm wrench. There was some things in the video that made me a little cumbersome. You said that one doesn’t have to adjust the right adjustment bolt, only the left. I probably miss understood, I suppose you should do the same adjustments on both bolts. Then you said that the torque on the adjustment bolt should be 19nm. My manual never says something about to torque the adjustment bolts after the axle bolts is torqued to 100nm.
"You said that one doesn’t have to adjust the right adjustment bolt, only the left." -> What I meant is you only need to loosen the axle nut on the left side with the 34 mm wrench in order to loosen the axle. "Then you said that the torque on the adjustment bolt should be 19nm." - > the torque spec for that adjustment bolt I found reading in forums. "axle bolts is torqued to 100nm." -> yes that is correct!
I found in the user manual online, for F700GS, a torque spec on 19nm for the adjustment screw. But it looks from the picture that F700GS has a locking nut on the adjustment screw so it’s a little different system and the torque is for the locking but. I don’t think we are supposed to torque the adjustment screw on the 750/850 models. I think that the person in the forum mix up the adjustment systems for the 700 and the 750.
great video. I don't even own a BMW (KTM 890 Adventure R myself) but a smart, well articulated, and pretty woman working on her own stuff is sexy. I hope you inspire more women to do the same.
