Tue, 08/31/2010 - 00:11
I have a newly acquired '64 R60/2 with 30K on the clock, and no record of slingers ever being cleaned. I realize that the whole engine needs to be ripped apart to get the crank out to get to the slingers for inspection and cleaning. Is this a do it yourself type of Job? for the mechanically inclined? Or are there some specialized tools needed? (My Clymer manual is on it's way).
Does any one sell a Kit with all the gaskets and necessary bits for the job?
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Tue, 08/31/2010 - 09:29
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slingers to be done
It depends on how mechanical or fastidious you are IMO.I am a professional mechanic by trade and I think it is a difficult job only because you need to have special tools to do it correctly,and it does take a careful hand since these are precision-built machines.
Basically you can buy all the tools and DIY OR remove the engine and send it to cycleworks or benchmarkworks.
Cycleworks has all the tools and great prices on all the bearings/rings,etc...... www.cycleworks.net
Buy the Barrigton manual it is essential for a first time rebuilder.
If you are not mechanically inclined,I would ship the motor off......
I agree completely.
I have a '67 R60/2 with 31K miles that most likely has never had the slingers done:
http://bmwdean.com/photowhite.htm
I am going to have Vech (Benchmark Works) do them this fall/winter. I will send him the whole bike because it needs a few other things done.
The Barrington manual should be with anyone working on a /2. Nothing else comes close.
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Fri, 09/10/2010 - 16:08
#4
From your avatar, looks like
From your avatar, looks like you are in the sf bay area. If so, I would checkout Beemershop in Scotts Valley. Ted Porter did my /2 engine when he was still working out of garage. He did an excellent job.
I've been to his shop about a dozen times since he's opened it. I wouldn't bring my airhead, no matter how old it is, to anyone else. Ok, I don't have a pre war airhead, so I don't know if he would work on something that old.
Mon, 09/13/2010 - 18:10
#5
Ted Porter
Last I tried, Ted Porter wasn't working on /2 bikes anymore. He has too much work with "newer" bikes from the 70s - 80s.
It depends on how mechanical or fastidious you are IMO.I am a professional mechanic by trade and I think it is a difficult job only because you need to have special tools to do it correctly,and it does take a careful hand since these are precision-built machines.
Basically you can buy all the tools and DIY OR remove the engine and send it to cycleworks or benchmarkworks.
Cycleworks has all the tools and great prices on all the bearings/rings,etc...... www.cycleworks.net
Buy the Barrigton manual it is essential for a first time rebuilder.
If you are not mechanically inclined,I would ship the motor off......