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The Motobrick Workshop / Re: Valve clearance too tight on exhaust
« Last post by Laitch on Today at 06:41:14 PM »We are literally in a forum of amateur wrenchers. Expecting everyone to have high experience and knowledge levels is a bit much.You shouldn't expect that, sooprvylin. I don't. I attempt to keep my expectations out of my interactions with other folks. Controlling my astonishment is a little more difficult sometimes.
I do hope folks who are new owners of Bricks develop their understanding of how to work on them based on reading the depth of success and failure displayed in the posts here by all of us, and by reading the many clear Jetronic, Motronic, and Brick workshop training manuals on the site before, or while, the undertake maintenance. I doubt many here stock up on BMW tools—I don't—because, in the USA at least, many specialized tools are loaned on a no-cost basis by large retail automotive parts franchises, NAPA and AutoZone to mention a couple. There are also links to plans for making tools, links to makers of substitute tools sold at a fraction of the OEM cost—like the main seal arbor, for one—and links to effective alternative methods to tasks beyond glopping on the Loctite to prevent worry when obstacles arise.
Understanding how the Bricks' systems function and understanding why certain approaches in repair and maintenance are taken by the makers of these motos helps us develop skills and approaches to tasks without worrying about them. The Internet makes that easy, but discernment of which is sound advice and which is sketchy advice usually grows from observation, understanding and experience. That seems to be a foreign concept to some folks but it's time-tested and seems to work well in the end.