General topics » Final drive oil change...plug sizes?

Good morning all.
Can someone tell me the size of the hex ‘socket’ needed for the drain/fill plugs on my 2017?
I can’t find it anywhere?! Sorry.
Cheers

6mm on the fill plug and T45 on the drain.

Frank

NOT A HEX on the drain socket !!!!!!!!!
IF you use a hex you may (as someone may have!) damage the T45 insert .........I deny all knowledge of how but dealership sent me a new one at my cost.

Zitat von Dave H im Beitrag #3

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NOT A HEX on the drain socket !!!!!!!!!
IF you use a hex you may (as someone may have!) damage the T45 insert .........I deny all knowledge of how but dealership sent me a new one at my cost.

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Thank you all!
Got it.

Well In theory, how would one have removed the damaged star/Torx socket head bolt?

If it had been me !!!!!!!!!

Getting the new one (oops) saw my/anon error and the short hex may have damaged/rounded off then first 1/4 inch (metric damage sizes are available)
Now I could hammer assist the correct T45 item in place and remove the TORX drain plug., deny all damage (as homer simpson quoted "it was broke when I got here")

Lesson learnt rtfm and thanks again to staff at Ocean bmw for their postal response and I think I am not the first, or the last to order a spare drain plug, If it was me?

just remembered - it was on the 2015 RS and not my current bike.

So. Oil change in final drive done. Some observations...
1. Old oil was dark but not dense black.
2. Old and new oil both stank horribly! Sulfur?? Yikes.
3. MAX BMW sold me the wrong copper washer...too small.
4. Seems odd that the drain plug has the O ring and fill plug has the crush washer?? Normally I’d expect the other way round?
5. Ran the bike for 2 seconds on the center stand in first gear. Scary clanking noises from drive shaft area. Turned off quickly. Since learned it’s fairly normal with no load to remove the lash.

So. All done. Great riding here in CT right now. Loving it.
Take care all.

Zitat von 06423RS im Beitrag #7

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So. Oil change in final drive done. Some observations...
1. Old oil was dark but not dense black.
2. Old and new oil both stank horribly! Sulfur?? Yikes.
3. MAX BMW sold me the wrong copper washer...too small.
4. Seems odd that the drain plug has the O ring and fill plug has the crush washer?? Normally I’d expect the other way round?
5. Ran the bike for 2 seconds on the center stand in first gear. Scary clanking noises from drive shaft area. Turned off quickly. Since learned it’s fairly normal with no load to remove the lash.

So. All done. Great riding here in CT right now. Loving it.
Take care all.

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Zitat von 06423RS im Beitrag #1

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Good morning all.
Can someone tell me the size of the hex ‘socket’ needed for the drain/fill plugs on my 2017?
I can’t find it anywhere?! Sorry.
Cheers

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Well..thanks for asking...I was nowhere near my bike at the time and wanted to know if I needed to buy some new ‘bits’ on my way back to CT. I didn’t.