Preparing for a roughly 2000 mile ride through Southern CO, AZ and NM.
Odo. 37398
Checked transmission fluid level. GOOD.
Checked tire pressure. Set to 36 PSI front, 41 PSI rear.
Changed oil. Used BMW 10W40 dinosaur oil and OEM filter.
There's a leak at the front of the boot covering the connection of the tail end of the drive shaft with the final drive. This has been there for years, but there were visible drips this time. Will probably have to deal with this soon.
The right heated grip no longer works. Preliminary poking around with a volt meter makes me think that the heating element has a short. There is a small voltage at the wire delivering power to the element that changes slightly when the switch is moved from off to low to high. The voltage is about a tenth of the voltage read at the other (working) grip ( about 0.5V on high).
There are still issues within the wire bundle going to the console indicator lights. Don't want to take the time to deal with that one right now.
