WindyChuffer
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Thats a scary pic of the chain. What bits do need to remove tp be able to check your chain for wear like that? Just rocker cover or more?
Mine just broke down...
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fuddy
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Maybe BMW are aiming the bike at old deaf people!
It was the clonking gearbox that made them deaf.
My thoughts too, the camchain sideplates have worn through, by abrasion................so much so that the rivets have crumbled and let go
Tis a bit scary
Pic from the AdvRider thread http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=951377
One puts the oil in the R.H.S doesn't one? It is so simple for someone to drop something in there????? - time for a lockable oil filler me thinks.
The cam chain is clearly accessible once the oil filler cap is removed - ones imagination could run riot.
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Why would anyone drop something inside the engine if someone wanted to damage a bike would it not be easier to slash the tyres or kick it over and why refit the cap it would be more fun watching the poor owner getting oil all over his leg wrecking his twat suit as well as his bike.
10/10 for imagination
The Mexican fellow on Advrider reported strange noises to his dealer from the beginning, they told him "they all do that sir".
madmartin
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Do we know if theses reported chain failures all have the same fault, i.e. worn away rivet heads ? And if so what the hell is the chain rubbing on. Gulp!
Judging by the marks on the chain pictured it is something hard and steel, maybe the gear set for the starter motor or the adjacent gear to the chain sprocket on the shaft which provides the drive to the right hand cams.
I thought it wouldn't be long before BMW's PR department chimed in!
took you a while to catch up - have you been on holiday?
madmartin
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Dont come on here cryin if it happens to you or your engine starts makin funny noises.alright.
If it starts making 'funny noises' I will take it to the dealer and ask then nicely to make the 'funny noises' go away.
Captain Beaky
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One of the other owners that this happened to did exactly that.
BMW said "nah, they all sound like that".
And his broke at 140kph..
Don't know what was bigger - the skid on the Tarmac or his underwear!
Just wondering, can you see the sides of the timing chain through the oil filler?
BMW said "nah, they all sound like that".
And his broke at 140kph..
Don't know what was bigger - the skid on the Tarmac or his underwear!
Just wondering, can you see the sides of the timing chain through the oil filler?
Not sure, will take a look later - don't put you finger in to check the smoothness of the side plates when the engine is running though.
It get where you're coming from and I expect many on this forum also do....
It looks easy enough to check. Just whip the right hand rockerbox off and have a look at the cam chain plates. Would'nt have thought it a big job for your dealer, or yourself to do if you feel confident enough.
this bolt was loose on alot of our local LCs.
It holds something adjacent to the timing chain (perhaps a guide of some sort).
the starter motor needs to be removed to access that bolt.
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My 2013 LC had it loose too. It was spilling little bit of oil through this screw. Apparently this was caused because technician forgot to put Loctite when tightening it.
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