Comments on: Let’s go see the wise man http://penforhire.wordpress.com/2007/06/24/lets-go-see-the-wise-man/ Watch the big ape break things! Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:43:02 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: penforhire http://penforhire.wordpress.com/2007/06/24/lets-go-see-the-wise-man/#comment-2903 penforhire Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:45:54 +0000 http://penforhire.wordpress.com/2007/06/24/lets-go-see-the-wise-man/#comment-2903 Hello Patrick! I don't have a cheap source for, well, just about anything! You can tell from my expense list. Those wheel parts sure are expensive. Maybe try the BMW owner's boards, like 5 United? My project is pretty much done. I posted up my first >300 mile day on the R75/5 in my Jag resto blog along with other bike bits. I'll probably keep up tidbits in that blog. But feel free to visit and mine this blog for all it's worth! Hello Patrick! I don’t have a cheap source for, well, just about anything! You can tell from my expense list. Those wheel parts sure are expensive. Maybe try the BMW owner’s boards, like 5 United?

My project is pretty much done. I posted up my first >300 mile day on the R75/5 in my Jag resto blog along with other bike bits. I’ll probably keep up tidbits in that blog.

But feel free to visit and mine this blog for all it’s worth!

]]> By: Patrick K http://penforhire.wordpress.com/2007/06/24/lets-go-see-the-wise-man/#comment-2902 Patrick K Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:41:10 +0000 http://penforhire.wordpress.com/2007/06/24/lets-go-see-the-wise-man/#comment-2902 I googled, "r75 wheel hub" and arrived at your blog. I have a 1973 R75/5 also. I like your bike. I would love to do the same to mine someday. I in the midst of discovering my front bearings are shot. I discovered it when re-installing the front tire after taking it to get a new tire put on. I did not realize how difficult reinstalling it was. I drove it around for about 200 miles then had a hunch I should kickstand it upp on a wood block to see if the tire rotated easily. KKKKscrapemetalgrind! Took of wheel and realized the cast alum drum plate was somehow sucked to tight to the hub and was grinding alumimum to aluminum. The BMW shop guy has never seen anything like it. He said to use a spacer (AKA washer to create more seperation. Then I got curious and removed the chrome hub cap and discovered the outer (leftside) bearing race was loose inside the hub. Crap. thanks for reading this far if you have. Any idea on where to find a good wheel/hub/bearing assembly to just slap a tire on and install it. Any comments would be great. I will check in on your project. I signed up to your blog. Kind Regards, Patrick K. Seattle Washington I googled, “r75 wheel hub” and arrived at your blog. I have a 1973 R75/5 also. I like your bike. I would love to do the same to mine someday. I in the midst of discovering my front bearings are shot. I discovered it when re-installing the front tire after taking it to get a new tire put on. I did not realize how difficult reinstalling it was. I drove it around for about 200 miles then had a hunch I should kickstand it upp on a wood block to see if the tire rotated easily. KKKKscrapemetalgrind! Took of wheel and realized the cast alum drum plate was somehow sucked to tight to the hub and was grinding alumimum to aluminum. The BMW shop guy has never seen anything like it. He said to use a spacer (AKA washer to create more seperation. Then I got curious and removed the chrome hub cap and discovered the outer (leftside) bearing race was loose inside the hub. Crap.

thanks for reading this far if you have. Any idea on where to find a good wheel/hub/bearing assembly to just slap a tire on and install it.

Any comments would be great. I will check in on your project. I signed up to your blog.

Kind Regards,

Patrick K. Seattle Washington

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