T H E  O L D  G R E E N  B E E M E R RIDING A 1974 BMW R90/6 FLAT TWIN

CLUTCH LEVER BOSSES Lubricating the cluch lever at the gearbox is something to be forgotten easily. If you, or the previous owner of your bike managed to do this, chances are a little time bomb is ticking away without you noticing.The clutch lever hinging pin has the habbit to rotate each time you pull the clutch and over time wears out the bosses in an oval shape.This is alarming, on a certain moment one of the bosses will shear and leave you standing beside the road, somewhere. Not good. To fix the boss bores that where worn out into an oval shape, I carefully filed 'm out back to round and cemented in a couple of yellow copper inserts. Green Locktite or '' studlock '' makes a strong glue. Clutch lever and hinging pin. The pin is modified, a strip of flat steel is welded onto the head to prevent the pin from rotating and doing bad things. The metal strip is a snugfit into the recess outside the boss. Continue to Metal in the Gearbox Oil ? Back to BMW R 90/6 maintenance index / Home CLB rev 2021 A A R D  V A N  H O L L A N D . C O M