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1Back to top Go down   A tale of 5 bricks Empty A tale of 5 bricks Mon Jun 27, 2016 12:07 am

AL-58

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Engine A –       1100 currently fitted to the sidecar.
Came from a written off ’99 LT with less than 90,000km, I thought it would be a good one but after purchase I found the wrecker/someone had been doing burnouts on the bike (badly flat spotted brand new tyre).  I had to replace 13 of the 16 valve buckets to make the clearances correct, that plus me running it up to temp before refilling the oil(my mistake) and it’s continual overheating (in stop/start traffic at any ambient temp) gives me little confidence in the long term future health of this engine.  Plus lots of vibes and it’s a generally noisy engine anyway.
(The previous engine (8V) used to cook too, I’ve now come to the conclusion that the cause is a blocked radiator(3 row) restricting water flow, there is nothing else left. I do have a good 1100 radiator to go in as well as a new fan)

Engine B1-       1100 from Jamie, 81,000kms. He badly over-revved it by changing down too many gears to overtake (never had a big bike before).  The result was a knock at idle in the upper rear of the engine.  I was given this after helping rebuild his bike with running gear from another bike. Thank you Jamie

Engine B2-       Jamies replacement(NOT in my possession), when replacing the running gear in Jamies bike we found various damaged bits, mostly caused by a ham-fisted mechanic.  The engine that came out(B1) supplied those bits: Timing cover stripped thread/pulled helicoil, Cam cover (gravel rash, ground through), one camshaft bearing cap (stripped thread).

Engine C-         A spare 1100 from Floyd that he’d stripped down to get some parts from for a project. Condition is unknown, 
Thank you Floyd.

Engine D-         An 8v engine with noisy main bearings, good runner otherwise.
 
B1 is the engine I intend to reuse. I’ve checked the valve clearances and everything on this one is 100%. It should be a good one once everything is sorted.

To put together a good replacement I’ve now taken:
·         Spring washer and starter gear from Engine D to Engine B1, a tab on the spring was broken, that was the cause of the knocking
·         Timing cover, cam cover and cam bearing cap from Engine C
·         Looks like D is going to supply some of the bits to locate the Hall Effect Sensor (missing from Jamies) and the water and oil pressure sensors at the water pump due to damaged wiring on engine.


Hopefully I’ll have it fitted and running in two weeks’ time, the sidecar needs to be on the road and reliable for a trip to Mungerannie for the 2nd weekend of August(the biennial Off Centre Run) and possibly returning via the Birdsville track. My leave was only approved a week and a bit ago, that's why the concerted effort to get it done. The outfit itself is also getting its fair share of attention, new sidecar swingarm bearings, new rear car tyre and new sidecar tyre, added 20l of fuel capacity, additions to the sidecar hood for the dogs comfort in case we strike bad weather. The list goes on.

Lots of planning.

Al


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'93 K1100LT
'08 F650GS (798cc)
'19 R1250RS

+ another boxer engined motorcycle and sidecar

"When I'm too old and too foolish to handle a sidecar I'll buy a Sportsbike"

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2Back to top Go down   A tale of 5 bricks Empty Re: A tale of 5 bricks Mon Jun 27, 2016 3:49 am

Rick G

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I have 2 good 1100 engine blocks with pistins and cranks
Either is yours for the asking and I could pack them up and send fairly quickly. They don't owe me a cracker as I never let anything go out as you have probably figured.
One is absolute bare block and the other has the sump as well. Both are fairly low Ks


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3Back to top Go down   A tale of 5 bricks Empty Re: A tale of 5 bricks Mon Jun 27, 2016 4:05 am

charlie99

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good luck al

keep in mind if you find a good 12 rivet output shaft out of one of those clunker engines, I'm interested .

wonder if I have anything that I could trade you ...but mostly k100 8 valve stuff here .


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cheezy grin whilst riding, kinda bloke ....oh the joy !!!! ...... ( brick aviator )

'86 K100 RT..#0090401 ..."Gerty" ( Gertrude Von Clickandshift ) --------O%O
'86 k100 rs.. #######..  "Fred " (f(rame) red ) ( Fredrick leichtundschnell ) - -
bits and pieces from many kind friends across the k100 world ...with many thanks ..
1987 k100rs ########   "Red"  - (red sports rs TWB style )
1989 K100rt #009637   "Black Betty"  (naked rt ala Nigel , now sporting an rs main fairing )
    

4Back to top Go down   A tale of 5 bricks Empty Re: A tale of 5 bricks Mon Jun 27, 2016 4:14 am

AL-58

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charlie99 wrote:good luck al

keep in mind if you find a good 12 rivet output shaft out of one of those clunker engines, I'm interested .

wonder if I have anything that I could trade you ...but mostly k100 8 valve stuff here .
What year did the 12 rivet start?  The 8v with bad mains has a very quiet output shaft, no knock whatsoever at idle.  It's an 87 I think.

Al


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'93 K1100LT
'08 F650GS (798cc)
'19 R1250RS

+ another boxer engined motorcycle and sidecar

"When I'm too old and too foolish to handle a sidecar I'll buy a Sportsbike"

A tale of 5 bricks K-dogs10
    

5Back to top Go down   A tale of 5 bricks Empty Re: A tale of 5 bricks Mon Jun 27, 2016 4:55 am

charlie99

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pretty sure the 12 rivet started with the 16 valve type motors production dates ..but just a feeling rather than an documented knowledge al 

woohoo ...a quiet out put sounds good  to me

cheers


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cheezy grin whilst riding, kinda bloke ....oh the joy !!!! ...... ( brick aviator )

'86 K100 RT..#0090401 ..."Gerty" ( Gertrude Von Clickandshift ) --------O%O
'86 k100 rs.. #######..  "Fred " (f(rame) red ) ( Fredrick leichtundschnell ) - -
bits and pieces from many kind friends across the k100 world ...with many thanks ..
1987 k100rs ########   "Red"  - (red sports rs TWB style )
1989 K100rt #009637   "Black Betty"  (naked rt ala Nigel , now sporting an rs main fairing )
    

6Back to top Go down   A tale of 5 bricks Empty Re: A tale of 5 bricks Mon Jun 27, 2016 7:11 am

Rick G

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Any 8V after may 90 will most likely have a 12 rivet shaft.


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"Man sacrifices his health in order to make money.
Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health.
And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived."   Dalai Lama


Bikes 1999 K1100 LT with a Big Block 1200
    

7Back to top Go down   A tale of 5 bricks Empty Re: A tale of 5 bricks Mon Jun 27, 2016 10:03 am

k-rider

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I have a 1990 8 valve, and it has A 12 rivet output shaft  Very Happy

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8Back to top Go down   A tale of 5 bricks Empty Re: A tale of 5 bricks Mon Jun 27, 2016 11:40 am

duck

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RicK G wrote:Any 8V after may 90 will most likely have a 12 rivet shaft.

ETK shows a supercession from part 11211460903 to part 11211461499 on Sept. 27, 1989 so any 4 cylinder engine manufactured in Oct. 89 or later probably has the 12 rivet output shaft.


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86 Custom K100 (standard fairing, K75 Belly pan, Ceramic chromed engine covers, paralever)
K75 Frankenbrick (Paralever, K11 front end, hybrid ABS, K1100RS fairing, radial tires)
86 K75C Turbo w/ paralever
94 K1100RS
93 K1100LT
91 K1
93 K75S (K11 front end)
91 K75S (K1 front end)
14 Yamaha WR250R
98 Taxi Cab K1200RS
14 K1600GT
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9Back to top Go down   A tale of 5 bricks Empty Re: A tale of 5 bricks Mon Jun 27, 2016 11:42 am

Two Wheels Better

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My 11/86 RS has a 12 rivet output...

I have been under the impression/assumption that they stopped using the 6 rivet about early '86 model production. No?

http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/bvogel/K100/K100.htm

I can honestly say that I don't know what the first owner of my bike, a BMW tech, did to it, as far as major reco goes, in the first 76,000 kilometres of its life, but replacing the OS would seem drastic.


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10Back to top Go down   A tale of 5 bricks Empty Re: A tale of 5 bricks Tue Jun 28, 2016 8:17 am

AL-58

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I guess I only have to remove the sump plate to find out.  I will check for you Charlie.

Al


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'93 K1100LT
'08 F650GS (798cc)
'19 R1250RS

+ another boxer engined motorcycle and sidecar

"When I'm too old and too foolish to handle a sidecar I'll buy a Sportsbike"

A tale of 5 bricks K-dogs10
    

11Back to top Go down   A tale of 5 bricks Empty Re: A tale of 5 bricks Wed Jun 29, 2016 7:33 am

charlie99

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cheers al
bit of a procedure none the less .. appreciate your efforts and thoughts mate

having a bit of a read around the place ...seems I might be kinda right ...the 16 valve versions started production in 89 ? which coincides with ducks comment as well ...;


so it figures that the production part shifted to 12 rivet about then ?  

cheers from up here


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cheezy grin whilst riding, kinda bloke ....oh the joy !!!! ...... ( brick aviator )

'86 K100 RT..#0090401 ..."Gerty" ( Gertrude Von Clickandshift ) --------O%O
'86 k100 rs.. #######..  "Fred " (f(rame) red ) ( Fredrick leichtundschnell ) - -
bits and pieces from many kind friends across the k100 world ...with many thanks ..
1987 k100rs ########   "Red"  - (red sports rs TWB style )
1989 K100rt #009637   "Black Betty"  (naked rt ala Nigel , now sporting an rs main fairing )
    

12Back to top Go down   A tale of 5 bricks Empty Re: A tale of 5 bricks Wed Jun 29, 2016 8:04 pm

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My RT is a 10/88 model and had the 6 rivet shaft, so later than that. It now has a 12.

    

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