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R75/5 battery removal/installation
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 7:16 pm
by Unclviny
1973 LWB R75/5,
Leads are unhooked, straps are off, sidecovers are off.
Do I really have to start unbolting the battery-holder now?
The battery comes out through the top, right?
Vince
Re: R75/5 battery removal/installation
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 7:38 pm
by Deleted User 287
I've heard of folks removing the air box and taking it out over the gear box.
On my '79 R65, to take it out through the top I had to remove the nuts from the sub-frame connection and back the bolts out for maximum width clearance.
Re: R75/5 battery removal/installation
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 8:01 pm
by Duane Ausherman
You may need to remove the two top bolts and tilt it backwards. It usually helps to remove the top two bolts that hold the rear frame section and maybe pull it back a bit. They vary from bike to bike.
Re: R75/5 battery removal/installation
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 8:05 pm
by Unclviny
I got it out!
I removed the bolts that hold the "battery-box" (it's not really a "box") and Weaseled it out from the top.
Thanks
Vince
Re: R75/5 battery removal/installation
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 7:57 am
by DanielMc
Duane Ausherman wrote:You may need to remove the two top bolts and tilt it backwards. It usually helps to remove the top two bolts that hold the rear frame section and maybe pull it back a bit. They vary from bike to bike.
This is what's always worked for me too.
Re: R75/5 battery removal/installation
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:51 am
by dwire
Duane Ausherman wrote:You may need to remove the two top bolts and tilt it backwards. It usually helps to remove the top two bolts that hold the rear frame section and maybe pull it back a bit. They vary from bike to bike.
I second that procedure Mr. A.
Re: R75/5 battery removal/installation
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 2:50 pm
by Unclviny
The new, improved battery is in. It is a little narrower and a little thinner, BMW # 61 21 2 346 800, AGM.
Being a "Belt and Suspenders" kinda-guy I reinstalled the sidecovers with the proper part AND tie-wrapped them to the frame AND Bungeed them together (tensioning the Bungee with a Tie-wrap to the rear-fender-mount).
Vince