1100 gearbox repair advice please

[argos]

mates 1100 suddenly lost all drive in all gears except 5th.Never been into a BMW box before,before I open this can of worms does anyone have experience of these boxes?do you need any BMW specific special tools?Mate hasnt worked in 4 months so buying a replacement box not an option.I have a good 1150 standard box if anyone fancies a swap for an1100 box [reckon that would save a lot of grief!!] any help appreciated ta

 

[MattW]

Steptoe's your man for this.
Hopefully he'll spot this and chip in (although if he's going to the hogroast it might be after the weekend).
In the meantime, there's a lot of gearbox stripdown info on here and adv if you have a dig.

 

[argos]

cheers Matt,doing the research now

 

[DrFarkoff]

Why the gearbox? Driveshaft or clutch or final drive are all options

Better to strip the driveleine down and confirm before going further

 

[argos]

hello Jaythro,amazingly he got to my place [45 miles] using only 5th gear,obviously the clutch is now toast,horrendous bearing noise and no drive in 1st-4th,good news is I kept an old clutch I changed preventatively for a mate before going to Morroco.Will get it apart tomorrow cheers

 

[MattW]

hello Jaythro,amazingly he got to my place [45 miles] using only 5th gear,obviously the clutch is now toast,horrendous bearing noise and no drive in 1st-4th,good news is I kept an old clutch I changed preventatively for a mate before going to Morroco.Will get it apart tomorrow cheers

Good luck
Keep us posted as to how you get on.
cheers
M

 

[DrFarkoff]

amazingly he got to my place [45 miles] using only 5th gear,obviously the clutch is now toast,horrendous bearing noise and no drive in 1st-4th,

I would say find a box

He shoulda pulled up and parked it

Bottom Line Expensive repair or Replacement Box

Contact Ogni off this site he may have a box with a skipping gear you may be able to make one out of 2???

Good Luck

 

[argos]

cheers Jaythro,will contact the man,really dont want to open the box but its got to be done,the irony is ive got a perfectly good 1150 box sat in my lockup

 

[ogni]

1100 gearbox

Yes, i got a spare gearbox with 2nd and 3rd gear that need attention.

No bad noises from the bearings and the casing is in good condition.

Ogni

 

[argos]

cheers Ogni,might be needing that,been distracted by several cases of stella

 

[ogni]

gearbox cases

Have you sobert up yet ?

Let me know if you need it and we can sort something out

Ogni

 

[argos]

should have it apart tonight,will let you know asap cheers

 

[argos]

no shrapnel in the oil,input and output slines and bearings seem fine,thinking detente/selector problem?Anyone had these symptoms input much appreciated!Going to open it tonight once ive borrowed a camera to take some pics

 

[argos]

well gobsmacked to find the idler shaft had sheared clean in half,obviously a manufacturing flaw but doubt BMW will see it that way.99 bike 50k meticuously cared for,everything else perfect not a chipped tooth or a broken dog,virtually no detectable wear.Not impressed at all,done loads of jap boxes and never seen the likes of that.Anyone ever heard of that one?

 

[DaveGSCymro]

 

[argos]

agreed Dave,will bung some on soon,still in shock and covered in gearbox oil...

 

[MattW]

Bummer.
But at least the problem is obvious - sorry - small consolation I know

 

[argos]

cheers Matt,shoddy QC strikes again,be interesting to see what MR BMW has to say......

 

[(RIP) Kaister]

cheers Matt,shoddy QC strikes again,be interesting to see what MR BMW has to say......

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they all do that, sir.


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[argos]

piicture[hopefully]

heres hoping