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TECHNICAL MOTOBRICK WRENCHING In Remembrance of Inge K. => The Motobrick Workshop => Topic started by: conybeare on May 09, 2012, 08:50:29 PM

Title: Mystery fork slider
Post by: conybeare on May 09, 2012, 08:50:29 PM: Hi All,

I have a fork slider from FleaBay that I wanted to install on my K75S. When I bought it the listing said it was part # 31422312296 (http://www.maxbmwmotorcycles.com/fiche/PartsSearch.aspx?parts=31422312296 (http://www.maxbmwmotorcycles.com/fiche/PartsSearch.aspx?parts=31422312296)), but the actual part number stamped on the slider is 31422312298 (see picture). From what I could tell it wasn't going to fit, so I was going to put it back on FleaBay, I but can't figure out what bike it goes to. The parts fiche comes up with nothing: http://www.maxbmwmotorcycles.com/fiche/PartsSearch.aspx?parts=314223122998 (http://www.maxbmwmotorcycles.com/fiche/PartsSearch.aspx?parts=314223122998)

Anyone know what the story is here?
Title: Re: Mystery fork slider
Post by: johnny on May 09, 2012, 09:08:52 PM: showa b001-l...

showa boo1-r...

should fit 93 and newer k75s...

you can go to http://www.realoem.com/bmw/select.do?kind=M&arch=0 (http://www.realoem.com/bmw/select.do?kind=M&arch=0) and search by the last 7 digits of your vin... from there you can find the month year of manufacturer... then you can see what forks you are supposed to have on that moto...

j o
Title: Re: Mystery fork slider
Post by: mystic red on May 09, 2012, 09:19:05 PM: Quote from: conybeare on May 09, 2012, 08:50:29 PM
Hi All,

I have a fork slider from FleaBay that I wanted to install on my K75S. When I bought it the listing said it was part # 31422312296 (http://www.maxbmwmotorcycles.com/fiche/PartsSearch.aspx?parts=31422312296 (http://www.maxbmwmotorcycles.com/fiche/PartsSearch.aspx?parts=31422312296)), but the actual part number stamped on the slider is 31422312298 (see picture). From what I could tell it wasn't going to fit, so I was going to put it back on FleaBay, I but can't figure out what bike it goes to. The parts fiche comes up with nothing: http://www.maxbmwmotorcycles.com/fiche/PartsSearch.aspx?parts=314223122998 (http://www.maxbmwmotorcycles.com/fiche/PartsSearch.aspx?parts=314223122998)

Anyone know what the story is here?

Why not make the seller eat it? Wrong part # is kinda a big deal.
Title: Re: Mystery fork slider
Post by: conybeare on May 09, 2012, 09:36:18 PM: Thanks JO!

...because I bought it it about 2 years ago. The sad thing is that I originally stripped the threads by over-tightening the drain bolt about 4 years ago. It took me 2 years to order a slider and another 2 years to bother installing it... :giggles (I guess I finally got tired of dropping to forks to drain the fork fluid.)
Title: Re: Mystery fork slider
Post by: johnny on May 09, 2012, 09:39:55 PM: fill the hole with jbweld... drill n tap it... good forever...

j o
Title: Re: Mystery fork slider
Post by: conybeare on May 09, 2012, 10:24:02 PM: JO, do you know why the *298 no. doesn't show up on the parts fiche or the RealOEM site for 1993 and later birds? Only the *296 no. shows up.

Thanks for the JB Weld tip - I will give that a shot next time I need to change the fluid.
Title: Re: Mystery fork slider
Post by: frankenduck on May 09, 2012, 10:36:09 PM: Part numbers on parts don't necessarily match the parts catalog. Forks, fork trees and a few other metal parts, not to mention seat pans. I think what you see on the part is the casting mold number, not the part number.
Title: Re: Mystery fork slider
Post by: conybeare on May 09, 2012, 10:59:48 PM: Ah, that clears up a lot of things. Thanks Duck.

The part no. was correct all along, I just ordered the later model slider by accident.