BMW K 1100 LT/RS - Manual (Page 239)

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Technical data K 1100 LT K 1100 RS
Rear wheel drive
Type of gearing Klingelnberg Palloid spiral bevel
Number of teeth 32 : 11
Gear ratio 2.91 : 1
Tooth backlash mm (in) 0.07 ...0.16 (0.00276...0.006299)
Taper roller bearing preload mm (in) 0.05...0.1 (0.01969...0.003937)
Oil grades Brand-name hypoid gear oil, API class GL 5
Content
Initial filling
Oil change
l (Imp.pt)
0.25 (0.44)
0.23 (0.4048)
Viscosity class at outside temperature
above 5 °C
below 5 °C
all year
SAE 90
SAE 80
SAE 80 W 90
Drive shaft
Arrangement Encapsulated in the one-arm swinging fork
(BMW PARALEVER), 2-piece double drive shaft
with integrated torsion damper, universal joints
on both ends, slide piece on axle drive end.
Rear wheel suspension
Spring strut Gas-filled spring strut, four adjustment settings,
with travel-dependent damping and progressive
spring rate
Spring travel mm (in) 120 (4.42744)