Odometer...

[dougie]

My tripmeter and odometer either -
don't work,
work very slooooowly,
or work fine.
It's intermittent.
Is this the article / problem / solution I want?
http://bmwscotter.com/procedures/speedo ... er_repair/
anybody here done it?

[Kurt in S.A.]

Holy, Batman! That looks suspiciously like Randy's pictures and words listed here:

http://www.pbase.com/dwerbil/image/14562002

I didn't see any acknowledgement from BMWScotter's website...that's pretty bad!

That said, it works great for the /7...note the warning about any other model. Not sure about yours...I know the GS models and maybe some of the late models, like Mystic, might not be covered.

Kurt in S.A.

[Bob Bennett]

Yeah Dougie

I did'nt have any success with the glueing of the grey gear though.
I had to take it off the shaft and deform it in the shaft area and then press it back on,
it is a tricky/fiddley job but achievable with time.
A bit of stiff electrical wire in a battery drill is a good tester.

[dwerbil]

Holy, Batman! That looks suspiciously like Randy's pictures and words listed here:

http://www.pbase.com/dwerbil/image/14562002

I didn't see any acknowledgement from BMWScotter's website...that's pretty bad!

That said, it works great for the /7...note the warning about any other model. Not sure about yours...I know the GS models and maybe some of the late models, like Mystic, might not be covered.

Kurt in S.A.

Yeah, I'm not a very happy camper about this. I wrote the guy to remove it all from his site.

[dougie]

Yeah, I'm not a very happy camper about this. I wrote the !@#$ guy to remove it all from his site.

It's also on the "Airheads" site, but at least they give you credit.
http://www.airheads.org/content/view/160/98/

[dwerbil]

My tripmeter and odometer either -
don't work,
work very slooooowly,
or work fine.
It's intermittent.
Is this the article / problem / solution I want?
http://bmwscotter.com/procedures/speedo ... er_repair/
anybody here done it?

I don't know when this bmwscotter guy plagiarized my own repair site -- I've updated it a
couple of times over the years so if you go through the steps, use my site...


http://www.pbase.com/dwerbil/1978_r1007_odometer_repair

It's a easy repair, just takes a bit of time and a steady hand. The steps follow through for
a tripmeter fix. If the odometer is goofy, just take your time going into it. Hopefully it'll be
a simple fix like the tripmeter.

The reason to try this yourself is....
-if you fix it the first time, it's done in a couple hours and you're back to riding
-you don't have to wait a month while it's shipped to a repair shop and back
-the at-home repair costs virtually nothing to do; a shop fix runs around 150 bucks on up.

[dwerbil]

Yeah, I'm not a very happy camper about this. I wrote the !@#$ guy to remove it all from his site.

It's also on the "Airheads" site, but at least they give you credit.
http://www.airheads.org/content/view/160/98/

Airhead.org contacted me many years ago after seeing my site and we set it up for the odometer
repair page on their site. I had them add proper credit to me. The procedure on the Airhead site is not up-to-date, though. The steps on my site have been changed a bit a time or two.

[dougie]

Thanks Randy.

[Deleted User 287]

Holy, Batman! That looks suspiciously like Randy's pictures and words listed here:

http://www.pbase.com/dwerbil/image/14562002

I didn't see any acknowledgement from BMWScotter's website...that's pretty bad!

That said, it works great for the /7...note the warning about any other model. Not sure about yours...I know the GS models and maybe some of the late models, like Mystic, might not be covered.

Kurt in S.A.

Yeah, I'm not a very happy camper about this. I wrote the !@#$ guy to remove it all from his site.

I tried to find it from his home page and could not.
It seems only those with an old link can still access it through a back door.
Randy, you may want to write BMWScotter and let him know.

He does have some helpful and unique stuff on his web site!

[dwerbil]

Holy, Batman! That looks suspiciously like Randy's pictures and words listed here:

http://www.pbase.com/dwerbil/image/14562002

I didn't see any acknowledgement from BMWScotter's website...that's pretty bad!

That said, it works great for the /7...note the warning about any other model. Not sure about yours...I know the GS models and maybe some of the late models, like Mystic, might not be covered.

Kurt in S.A.

Yeah, I'm not a very happy camper about this. I wrote the !@#$ guy to remove it all from his site.

I tried to find it from his home page and could not.
It seems only those with an old link can still access it through a back door.
Randy, you may want to write BMWScotter and let him know.

He does have some helpful and unique stuff on his web site!

I noticed that too, maybe a old link. As mentioned above, I wrote him earlier to remove it from his site.
Be my guest and yall write him too.