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    GMack,

    Not sure if you are still active on this forum or not...
    I found you through a google search for high iron content in BMW final drive oil.
    Specifically your post from about 2006 on the iron testing at 4 to 5 times the normal level in your K-Bike final drive.

    I have a very similar situation, though in a newer generation final drive. A generation that is at least theoretically more reliable.

    I am riding a 2014 R1200GS. I sent a final drive sample in and was told my nickel content was slightly high. Only slightly.
    I send another sample in 10,000 miles later and was told my Nicole was the same but my iron was up about 5X the normal value.

    So my question for you is... what ever happened to your final drive? Was the high iron an indicator of pending failure?
    Thoughts?

    Thanks
    Tim
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