jconway607
JohnWC
I have an 83 80RT with drum brakes on the rear. I have been trying to rebuild the bearings both front and rear. I just realized my local dealer gave me the wrong height "top hat" a few months back. He just read it off the microfiche. From reading posts here, I can't believe how complex is seems to get these simple wheel bearings put together properly. Spacer size, correct torque, top hat in correct position. Now it appears that BMW put about a dozen different top hat lengths in the same model/ year bike. Must be a reason, but I sure would like to hear it. My question is this: I thought I saw some mention of a booklet that was available at one of the international rallies that covered in depth the whole wheel bearing issue for airheads. Apparently because the work is so complicated. Does anyone know if that booklet is still available, and how to get one of the things. I am sure that my local dealer's mechanics will be clueless on the complexity of these wheels, besides the fact that as difficult as they seem to be, I only trust myself to, hopefully, get them right. Thanks to all for the help.