GS Rebuild Part 3
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- Part 3 starts with mounting the replacement engine from James Sherlock securely on the Big Blue Bike lift so that it is at working height and then can be lowered to fit inside the frame. A lot of cleaning and fitting parts and the ideal opportunity to check and adjust the valve settings. A whole bunch of parts ordered from Motorworks in Meltham from tiny 'o' rings to a new clutch friction plate. Let the built continue!
Normski website: normski-bmw.co.uk
Pleasure to watch. Attention to detail and pride. I hope i get time when i retire to tinker like you.
It is fun Richard 😅
Norman I could not wait till tomorrow, i had to watch the next video to find out what happens after the cliffhanger. You have given me more confidence if I ever have to tackle something like this. Hopefully, if something ever happens, may it be worked on during a long and cold Canadian winter lol
Hi Norm, honestly i am amazed by your patience and passion. The right things to be done ✅ cleaning 🧼 and putting together the engine as per rules. Excited for the next episode. 📽
Fantastic lifter.
Great workmanship, please be aware that most Torque figures will be given for a "dry" un-lubed assembly and that application of lube such as Copper Slip can require a reduction of 25% torque value.
Hi Michael, very good point, thank you.
As usual brilliant! This is the man I want servicing my bike, cant imagine BMW are so OCD with all the detailing.
very enjoyable to watch, your very meticulous, excellent work
Thank you Ray.....more to come! Part 4 almost ready🤗
Step by step. Clear and concise.
Brilliant. Thanks. 🍺
Thank you Rumien. I always think about how I want to learn...pleased it works a little anyway!
@@normski3091 beats any manual imo. Still terrified that the clutch will pack in, though. 👍
Good work mate - seen you on UKGS
Hi Mike, glad to hear from you again. What a pity you live in Germany otherwise I could NOT have serviced your bike but had a little workshop to teach a few of you how to do it....with tea and bacon sandwiches at CMC at lunch just around the corner😋. You know that old adage, ‘Service a man’s bike and it lasts a year, teach him to service it himself and he will do it for life🤗’.....well unless it drops a valve and blows the engine to bits 💣
3 years too late for this info to be of help, but if you find yourself doing another such project you might be able to save yourself alot of elbow grease on the cleaning by looking around for someone who offers dry ice blasting as a service. As the name implies its like sand blasting but using chunks of dry ice, its soft enough it doesn't damage paint or pit aluminum but cleans grime and rust with relative ease and has no problem getting into tight recesses that are hard to reach with typical means.
Good Job Norm, should have started this as shutdown started ! So we had something interesting to watch. I’ve Just had a new alternator fitted to my 2013 water cooled gs at 24000 miles !!! And at £2000 + plus I wish I had your skills. 👍
Wow Graham that is a lot but I imagine half of that is the cost of a new alternator.? I am retired, however I do remote voluntary work two full days a week for a huge organisation in South Africa where my youngest son and his wife work....so think I am way busier now than before I stopped working. That is why this project is slow🤦🏼♂️
Hi Norm, that wasn’t a criticism of your work rate. I’ve just enjoyed your skills and work ethics, and it was great to see the finished results and no doubt a happy rider. Cheers 👍
Hi Graham, not in a million years did I think that 🤗. My wife asked me yesterday how far into next year will this winter project take me?. I said I am just taxing the bike ready for a ride out this weekend🥳. The silencer probably has loads of oil in it after the valve dropped and a litre or two of engine oil went straight through the exhaust, apparently blanking out the A61 dual carriageway with white smoke. Now when I start the bike all is great for the first 5 minutes and then white smoke comes out of the exhaust. I telephoned Mark Croft who has a mobile motorcycle tyre fitting business here in Derbyshire but was a Superbike mechanic. He told me that I need to take it out in the middle of the night and ride it hard to bring the temperature right up and burn off all the oil🤷♂️. Hope it works.....watch this space🤦🏼♂️
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Great , enjoy the ride ! I will watch the weather news for fog in your area . 👍😂
You are a genius!!!! I envy you a lot, unfortunately I'm not really capable
Hi Paolo, thank you so much for watching......remember the brain is much more capable than we realise!
Hard to watch someone who doesn't even know the basic use of an open-ended spanner. He's gonna hurt himself or the nut he's trying to undo. So far he's been lucky.
Your doing a fantastic job. Question, I see you used a dremel to remove the corrosion from the front engine. Why didn’t you completely remove the cover. If your going to such lengths to rebuild this bike? I’m thinking of completely removing my engine cover and getting it professionally renovated.
How difficult is it to remove the engine cover with the engine in the bike. There doesn’t seem to be any videos showing the removal of the front engine cover. Can you help me please.
Hi Kev, That is a really good question, and if you are going to remove the front engine cover then the absolutely ideal time is when the engine is out. However, of course, that is very rare. In the case of this replacement engine the cover was really in very good condition and the Dremel cleaned up the small amount of oxidisation, but some bikes the front cover is really bad. You do need a manual such as Haynes for this job as it is not as simple as just unscrewing the bolts. It of course can be done but it requires pullers, new seals etc etc and working on it with the engine in pretty difficult. A lot can be done with it in situ and that is certainly the first place to start.....but I don't want to put you off!
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You didnt rebuild the engine? You just replcace with a used one. Why.?
The engine was destroyed with a huge hole right through the bottom of the crankcase.
@@normski3091 yes i saw that in another video