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535 locab36 Offline Send Email Apr 6, 2002
10:51 pm
Hi All, I'm trying to remove the shocks from the rear of my R25/3. Really don't know how they come apart. Without a book it is difficult to understand. From...
536 vorno_bmw Offline Send Email Apr 7, 2002
1:46 pm
Hello John The chrome cap must first be removed, careful, this is 'pot' steel and can be easily damaged. The top and lower pinch bolts are removed, I say...
537 PA3GYU
bartwessel Offline Send Email
Apr 7, 2002
2:15 pm
John, ... Yeah: go and get a drawing, so at least you know the parts you are dealing with: http://www.abl-wassersport.de/karl/bmw/html/title.htm - click on...
538 locab36 Offline Send Email Apr 7, 2002
9:59 pm
Thanks for the help. I was able to remove the drive tube slider but the left side shock slider is being difficult. I ended up removing the engine and body...
539 PA3GYU
bartwessel Offline Send Email
Apr 7, 2002
10:11 pm
ohn, ... Odd. I've never had any problem getting them out. Be sure to *remove* the bolts as Ben mentioned, just loosening them isn't enough....
540 bentangler Offline Send Email Apr 22, 2002
1:50 pm
Greetings all. I am considering getting an Akipp side stand for my 1965 R27. This is the nifty device that is actually incorporates a left side foot peg with...
541 allanatherton Offline Send Email Apr 23, 2002
12:13 am
"bentangler" <bentangler@y...> wrote: << I am considering getting an Akipp side stand for my 1965 R27. This is the nifty device that is actually incorporates...
542 katzenjammer007@...
kda_stegerer Offline Send Email
Apr 23, 2002
12:22 pm
The Akipp was dangerous in Original and is still dangerous in Repro. because there is no spring to hold him in safe position. The original BMW sidestand for...
543 ottobub62 Offline Send Email Apr 23, 2002
2:40 pm
Hello, Just joined the group, and a great discovery. I have a 62 R27 that I'm breaking down -- it rested many years beside the Pacific Ocean...you can imagine...
544 Henk Mensinga
bromfietsje Offline Send Email
Apr 23, 2002
3:48 pm
Hi mr.brute force The best way to get that axle out, remove all the rust there is on the naked axle with sand paper (all the rust you leave on the axle will...
545 vorno_bmw Offline Send Email Apr 23, 2002
4:15 pm
Welcome Otto If you haven't seen it as yet I suggest that you read Allan's story on his seaside find before you start tearing the bike apart, good logical step...
546 N73087@...
n73087 Offline Send Email
Apr 23, 2002
11:20 pm
I have a Hugget side stand for my 63 R27 that I could be talked out of. Dave...
547 allanatherton Offline Send Email Apr 24, 2002
12:16 am
"ottobub62" <ottobub62@y...> wrote: <<.... I have a 62 R27 that I'm breaking down -- it rested many years beside the Pacific Ocean...you can imagine ...>> My...
548 Eric Otto
ottobub62 Offline Send Email
Apr 29, 2002
5:21 pm
Thanks all for the help -- got both out fine (still on the Earles pivot, etc..). Allan, your story helped me get into this mess! Seriously, it's been an...
549 morganv8uk Offline Send Email Apr 30, 2002
8:36 am
For sale: two R35s for full restoration 3000 GBPS for both. One restored R35 needs cables to complete: 5000 GBPS. 1942 Victoria , very original and in great...
550 bentangler Offline Send Email May 7, 2002
2:33 pm
Hello all. The charging light on my 1965 R27 is off when on idle but comes on when I increase the revs. I have tested the voltage coming off the...
551 cotsford@...
scotsford Offline Send Email
May 7, 2002
3:01 pm
I have had a regulator to fail this way. Same exact symptoms. I had to hold the armature down manually to "flash "it to make it charge at the correct...
552 Wim H.H. van Heugten
wvanheugten@... Send Email
May 7, 2002
5:16 pm
Is there any source of information that explains the cause of this? On my R27 I have this occasionally, but only when the surge load is rather high, i.e....
553 kchieffy@...
chief_1942 Offline Send Email
May 7, 2002
6:18 pm
The commutator may still be at fault, When some sections or all sections become loose, centrifugal force will cause the carbon pickups to loose contact. Ken...
554 allanatherton Offline Send Email May 12, 2002
1:28 pm
I have having trouble with oil leaking from the cylinder base gasket of my R27. The engine was rebuilt 4000 miles ago. At 3500 miles a stream of oil began to...
555 Jerry Cook
cook_jerry Offline Send Email
May 12, 2002
1:41 pm
I will ask Lap next week about sealers. I know that he uses a very thin layer of the gray silicone (or black) on all of the base gaskets. The Airheads list...
556 MotoBMW@... Send Email May 12, 2002
2:36 pm
Many years ago I had a similar leak develop at the base of the cylinder barrel. After several attempts to fix it by replacing the gasket, I discovered a...
557 kchieffy@...
chief_1942 Offline Send Email
May 12, 2002
5:48 pm
Are you sure you don't have too much oil in the crankcase? Sounds too simplistic, but remember the oil level is checked without screwing the dip stick in. Ken...
558 allanatherton Offline Send Email May 12, 2002
6:11 pm
kchieffy@a... wrote: << Are you sure you don't have too much oil in the crankcase? Sounds too simplistic, but remember the oil level is checked without...
559 kchieffy@...
chief_1942 Offline Send Email
May 12, 2002
6:18 pm
You're right about a little extra oil not being a problem but a lot of extra oil has to have some place to go. Are you sure you are using the correct ...
560 allanatherton Offline Send Email May 13, 2002
11:41 am
kchieffy@a... wrote: <<... a lot of extra oil has to have some place to go. Are you sure you are using the correct dipstick...some had different measuring...
561 Joe Hovel
joe_hovel Offline Send Email
May 13, 2002
12:03 pm
Hi, I've been following the discussion and the obvious avenues were being described by others. Here is an alternative I experienced a number of years ago: I...
562 JAN SARIS
jfwsaris Offline Send Email
May 13, 2002
8:26 pm
Hello BMW-freaks, Unfortunately and coincidently, there must be something in the air over the R27's, I have been out on my R27 last friday, the bike/engine...
563 David Burke
db8max Offline Send Email
May 13, 2002
9:34 pm
I don't know what happened to your motor, but I own a R-60/2 which once had a problem that I had never seen before. The cylinder itself had a crack in it just...
564 allanatherton Offline Send Email May 14, 2002
12:11 pm
"Joe Hovel" <joe.hovel@m...> wrote: <<... I built up a neglected basketcase R27 using bits from the parts bin I had accumulated ... it started leaking a little...
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