BMW R 1150 RT Repair Manual page 241

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Technical Data 33 Rear wheel drive
Rear wheel drive
Type
Oil grades
Capacity
Gear tooth pattern
Gear ratio
Number of teeth
Backlash
Taper roller bearing preload
Drive shaft
Type
Swinging arm
Type
Swinging arm length
Rear suspension
Type
Total spring travel at wheel
R 1150 RT
Bevel gears
Brand name hypoid-gear lubricant
SAE 90 API GL 5
l (Imp. pint/US quart) approximately 0.25 (0.44/0.27) (to the bottom of
the filler neck thread)
Klingenberg-Palloid helical gearing
2.91 : 1
32 : 11
mm (in) 0.07...0.16 (0.0028...0.0063)
mm (in) 0.05...0.1 (0.0020...0.0039)
Drive shaft with integrated torsional vibration
damper and two universal joints
BMW Paralever
mm (in) 506 (19.9216) (swinging arm pivot to wheel cen-
tre)
Central spring strut with single-tube gas-filled
damper (shock absorber), adjustable rebound
damping and hydraulically adjustable spring
preload
mm (in) 135 (5.3150)
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