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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
Another R45 dropped valve. Photo by Sentec

R45 Dropped valve

 R1200 Rear Diff. Photo by Martin de Cayless

R1200 Rear Diff

 Broken Layshaft. Photo by Hubert Schabel

Broken Layshaft
Below: photos of a 40,000 mile R65 front wheel. Note that each spoke is badly cracked - the rim has been cut through to allow the broken spokes to come away from the hub. Design is similar to the early, recalled 19" wheels but a recall was never issued for the 18" wheels of the R45/65. Photos by Mark Endean.
BMW R65 Front Wheel BMW R65 Front Wheel BMW R65 Front Wheel
R27 Snapped Crank. Photo by Rob Roodnat

R27 snapped crank

 R27 piston. Photo by Rob Roodnat

BMW R27 Piston

 

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