R1100S rear frame removal
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2021 2:47 pm
Hi,
I'm stripping down a 2000 R1100S with the aim of doing a tidy up restoration on it, it's mechanically sound but the engine needs painting. I've got the front end off and the rear subframe and drive shaft etc but I've hit a stumbling block. The cast alloy rear frame is fixed to the engine with 3 bolts and a stud on each side, I've removed the bolts and the nuts from the studs but that still leaves the frame wrapped around the engine with a stud sticking through each side of it in opposite directions! How mad is that? The studs are too short to get a pair of nuts on to lock together and also the studs are steel into an ally block so they're well corroded in. Am I missing something here? Does anyone know of a magic trick to get this frame off?
I've still got a long way to go to get this back on the road but I'm determined not to let this stumbling block defeat me, any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks.
I'm stripping down a 2000 R1100S with the aim of doing a tidy up restoration on it, it's mechanically sound but the engine needs painting. I've got the front end off and the rear subframe and drive shaft etc but I've hit a stumbling block. The cast alloy rear frame is fixed to the engine with 3 bolts and a stud on each side, I've removed the bolts and the nuts from the studs but that still leaves the frame wrapped around the engine with a stud sticking through each side of it in opposite directions! How mad is that? The studs are too short to get a pair of nuts on to lock together and also the studs are steel into an ally block so they're well corroded in. Am I missing something here? Does anyone know of a magic trick to get this frame off?
I've still got a long way to go to get this back on the road but I'm determined not to let this stumbling block defeat me, any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks.