BMW R 1100 RT Repair Manual page 273

Technical Data
Rear wheel drive
Gear tooth pattern
Gear ratios
Backlash
Taper roller bearing preload
Oil grades
Filling capacity
Drive shaft
Layout
Swinging arm
Swinging arm length
Rear suspension
Suspension strut
Suspension travel
33.4
Klingelnberg-Palloid spiral bevel
Number of teeth
Number of teeth
mm (in)
mm (in)
Brand-name hypoid gear oil, SAE 90 GL 5
l (Imp. pints)
l (Imp. pints)
Two-piece drive shaft with integral torsional vibra-
tion damper enclosed in single swinging arm
(BMW PARALEVER), universal joints at both
ends, sliding joint at rear wheel drive end.
mm (in)
mm (in)
R 1100 RT
2.91 : 1
32 : 11
0.07...0.16
(0.00276...0.0063)
0.05...0.1
(0.00197...0.03937)
Initial filling
0.25 (0.44)
Oil changes
0.23 (0.405)
355 (13.976)
Suspension strut with
single-tube gas-filled
shock absorber, contin-
uously variable re-
bound-stage damping
and continuous hydrau-
lic spring preload.
135 (5.315)