RE: Oilhead Being A Oilhead

["Minor, Bob" <MinorB@xxxxxxxx>]

There are some other tricks involved in the head gasket replacement like locking the engine with an appropriate pin so it won't rotate when you remove the sprocket bolts, zip tying the sprocket to the chain, and remembering to NEVER rotate the engine backwards.  I notice your bike is a '96  which means you likely still have the old style head gaskets which pretty much always end up leaking.  The redesigned head gaskets are probably 100% reliable.

Bob Minor
'96 R11RS

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From: owner-oilheads@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-oilheads@xxxxxxxxx]On
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Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 8:52 PM
To: oilheads@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Oilhead Being A Oilhead


Meant to say I choose not no OIL the gasket!

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From: owner-oilheads@xxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-oilheads@xxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
ABSDoug2@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 8:07 PM
To: oilheads@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Oilhead Being A Oilhead

        All my older boots have oil stains <grin>. The procedure
is pretty straight forward. You'll need a new gasket of course. I
chose not to old the gasket, I put it on dry. The other pitfall
is the cam chain sprocket. If you do not engage the notch, the
sprocket may (did it my case) torque up normal, but NOT be right.
I lucked out big time on startup and the sprocket didn't spin the
cam. That would be a DISASTER as the engine is zero clearance,
i.e. the valves will hit the piston. ALSO the arrow on the
sprocket on my bike did NOT point to where you would expect.
Don't have the Clymers, but the Haynes makes note of the arrow
situation. If you get the cam to move during the processes, don't
panic. Make sure the valves are closed by manipulating the cam to
have all the valves closed. Make SURE the other side is the
opposite that position, get to OT on the peep hole and all is
well. Other than that, pretty straight forward. When I had to do
the other side the job took 1/2 the time. Par for the course.
Good luck.

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-oilheads@xxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-oilheads@xxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of low rider
Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 7:47 AM
To: IBMW MC
Cc: BMW Oilheads; Brian Curry
Subject: BMW: Oilhead Being A Oilhead

What last summer was just an annoying glistening on the toe of my
left boot is now a large enough leak that it is leaving tracks on
the
car-port floor as well as covering the bottom of the cat.  As
best as
I can trace out it is the junction of the cylinder and the block.

My question is: Are there any bobby-traps I need to be aware of
or is
the replacement of the gasket as straight forward as my Clymers
shows
it to be.

And "Yes" I checked the FAQ's but was unable to locate anything
pertaining to this.

BTW I am copying Brian Curry as the list master seems to think I
have
been invaded by the dreaded "8-bit" monster.  Consequently this
may
come to you through Brian.  TIA

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Jim"low rider"King - Hickory, NC
'86 K75 - "Tweety Bird"  (named by my lovely grand-daughter,
thank you!)
'96 R1100GS  - Sam Too
We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old BECAUSE we
stop playing.        Never be the first to grow old!
LPR#58  OBIWAN #37

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