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Also remember-
Many of the quality mechanics who work drivetrain and chassis components for these older BMW models do so on parts shipped to them at their location.

As a for instance, I ship to head specialist Randy Long, in Honey Brook Pa, for valve/guide/seat/exhaust spigot/spark plug insert/fin repairs; he does work for many on this list, and is also known for his Harley head work, as well as Vincent.

I'm fortunate to have a great /2 mechanic just 20 miles away here in CT, he's done work on various /2 parts for me for about 40 years, and there's often an engine or trans or rear on his bench that's been shipped to him from some other part of the country for repair.

Dan at Cycleworks was a great source of mail order crank repair; though unfortunately on hiatus for the foreseeable future while focusing on family.

And Vech used to do work this way.

Point being there are many quality repairers available for the cost of shipping the work to them, and can be a great alternative if your "local" BMW wrench is hours away, or if your local is not well versed in the older bikes, many are not.

Perhaps others here can suggest mechanics who do remote repair work and are known to deliver favorable results.
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George

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If you’re a member there is an article in the Spring 2021 VBMWMO magazine about transmission work that complements other tech manuals out there. There’s a lot of specific tooling involved taking the transmission apart. That article may be a good place to a start to decide if you want to perform the work. Once the cover is off you will probably find other things to do. Transmission work isn’t done too often if it’s done correctly. At a minimum you need to verify the shift forks are properly set up and need to check the shaft end play and shim appropriate.
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Suggest to get the Barrington too.
If you have access to a machine shop you could fabricate the cover removal tool.

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thank you all for the info ...it all was very informative. I currenely have a Clymer manual and have a shop manual on the way...unfortunately I wasn't aware of the Barrington until after I joined the Form. I'm a new member and always had Harleys...this is my first BMW. I'm going to wait till this other shop Manual comes in before I get another one. In the mean time...I thing I'm going to leave the transmission alone for now.

Thank you all for your reply's...VERY helpful!!!!!!

everyone have a great holiday

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George, who is the /2 mechanic in CT that you refer to?
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If Arthur Davidson, William Davidson or William Harley worked on BMWs they would use the Barrington.
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Bill-
The mechanic's name is Rick Bell, he's in Taconic, CT.
Phone is 860 824-0014, that's his home number, just leave a message.
He closed his restoration place some years ago, preferring now to work solo out of his home shop.
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Thanks George.
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I found these Youtube videos very helpfull:

https://youtu.be/tzq6RphtT04

https://youtu.be/ZDXZFcqCgzc

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I scrolled though those videos (there is a part three as well), I cannot recommend them at all. I hope folks don't do it that way! The transmission comes apart with a lot of heat, he uses a lot of prying and tapping on disassembly and reassembly. The only benefit I can see is you get to see the transmission internals. Those videos are a primer in how not to perform the work. I don't see him checking the shaft endplay at all, which is critical to smooth shifting and long-term bearing life. He also didn't check the shift fork/selector clearance, although he does seem to verify the function. I hadn't thought about supergluing the input shaft oil baffle to keep it in place. :shock: And he put that bad part back in. Superglue in a transmission? I remember reading horror stories of folks finding "restored" bikes in the late 90's and early 2000's. Now I know some of the techniques involved in those bikes. I feel I'm an advanced hobbyist for Airheads and high intermediate on /2s; but that video took me back.

An old BMW wrench I knew would have said, "Listen to me and it will work out okay. Drop the tools, put your hands up, and slowly step away from the motorcycle."

I don't mean this in any way condescending, the VBMWMO exists to promote sharing our knowledge to preserve BMW Motorcycles. The old BMW manuals in our library show the correct techniques, although abbreviated, they were written for mechanics that had attended training sessions; the Clymer is better than that series of videos; but the gold standard, as has already been stated, are the Barrington manuals.
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