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Here are shown photos of some of the disasters that can occur. If you have any suitable pictures, please mail them to me for inclusion along with a description.

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Results of a fairly standard R45 'Dropped Valve'

 R45 piston photo

 

The dramatic results of an R100 'Dropped Valve'

R100 piston photo

R100RT rear drive splines - 100,000 + miles and you could shave with the splines

Worn drive splines photo

The result of a dropped R80G/S hitting a kerb and almost ripping off a barrel. A testament to the old Boxer bottom end, 80,000 miles later the crankshaft has never been removed!

 Bent Conrod

An Airhead collapsed gearbox bearing - the result of ignoring all the warning rumbles

 

 Collapsed Gearbox Bearing photo

A badly damaged R51/3 piston

 

BMW R51/3 Piston

R1100 Snapped Driveshaft

BMW R1100 Broken Driveshaft

Alan McNulty's Snapped /5 Crank

Snapped /5 Crankshaft

Phil Holtom's Well Worn Rocker Cover

Well worn R1100 Rocker Cover

About as close as you can get without destroying the gearbox

Collapsed BMW gearbox bearing

Stefan Schwartz's broken /6 crank

 

Broken BMW R60/ crankshaft photo

Simon McCarthy's broken rocker shaft

Broken BMW rocker shaft

Robert Ranson's R100R Driveshaft

Destroyed BMW R100R diriveshaft

...And the Resulting Damage

Destroyed BMW R100R diriveshaft

Cam Follower - photo by Michael

Rear Diff Splines - photo by Michael

Damaged Gear - photo by Michael

Damaged Gear - photo by Michael

Damaged Gear photo

Damaged Gear - photo by Michael

Damaged Gear photo

Worn Gear - photo by Michael

Damaged Gear photo

Gearbox Bearing - photo by Michael

Gearbox Bearing photo

Holed Piston - photo by Michael

Holed Piston photo

Spark Plug - photo by Michael

Spark Plug photo

Valve - photo by Michael

Damaged Valve photo

Valve - photo by Michael

Damaged Valve photo

Bill Emery's head & piston after dropping a valve

BMW R100 cyl head and valve

R1150R piston

R1150R piston

R1150R piston

R1150R piston

Damaged Camshaft. Photo by Frank J.M. Kevenaar

Damaged camshaft

Badly damaged cam follower - photo by Gerard Stegeman

Cam followeer

Another dropped valve - photo by Benoit Bocquet

BMW dropped valve

R1100GS Driveshaft. Photo by Jerry Watts

BMW R1100GS driveshaft

K75RT Generator Clutch - photo by Morten Vellesen

Damaged BMW Generator

David Makin's R69S conrod and piston

David Makin's R69S conrod and piston

Broken /5 Oil Pump. Photo by Nick Greear

Broken Oil Pump

Broken Valve Seat. Photo by Rudi de Groot

Broken Valve Seat

 

 

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