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by roger.karen.risch
Sun May 09, 2010 7:50 pm
Forum: Tools, Tips and Techniques
Topic: Where are the timing marks on my 1977 R100S
Replies: 5
Views: 2086

I was advised by the service

I was advised by the service manager at the BMW dealer in Tigard, Oregon that a method for lightening flywheels, in addition to drilling holes, was to mill off sections of the flywheel out to and including the outer diameter where the timing marks whould have originally been. This is apparently what...
by roger.karen.risch
Wed Apr 21, 2010 3:34 pm
Forum: Tools, Tips and Techniques
Topic: Where are the timing marks on my 1977 R100S
Replies: 5
Views: 2086

Timing marks

Thanks for your response. I have rotated the engine and there are no other marks on the flywheel than the F and the dots that I referred to. I am confident that I have found TDC by rotating past the marks and watching the valves close. Someone suggested that I may have an aftermarket (lightened) fly...