Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners

Are you sure that the bearings are bad? I had notchy feeling front forks that was from very old hard grease.

Good to hear thanks for the feedback.

1 Could you rough up the bottom surface or surfaces that are slipping to create more friction so that they are not slipping on each other to reach the torque needed? 2 Maybe you can preload the spring harder with a spacer to hold things until you get it tightened and then remove the spacer. 3 Start ...

I have a pair of steel /2 rims that are not rechromed but in descent condition. They could be replated or used as they are.You can PM me if interested.

Just find an old petcock and use the open nut off of it. Solder a piece of metal over the one open side that does not thread onto the tank. Cut a coin like disc out of a thick piece of rubber that will fit down into the nut and bottom out against the disc that you soldered on. Just tighten it up on ...

I would suggest that you keep the fuel tank far away from the bike and covered, it should be the last thing that you put on the bike. Also keep the fenders covered at all times when working on putting the bike back together. I used to paint for people and could tell you stories of paint damage accid...

Find a used low mileage final drive and just replace it.

Vech
My sidecar bike has the aluminum pan. The other 2 solo machines have the steel pan. Thanks for your response to my question. I will order magnets for them.
Jim

What would be the best way to attach the magnets if an aluminum oil pan is used?

Maybe you could put the cap in an ultrasonic cleaner tank.