What a dumb thing to do!

[TimeToRide]

This has me seriously bumbed. Not sure if this has happened to anyone else out there but I'm in need of another perspective.

The bike is a 1996 R100RT. Got the tranny back from Bruno's and the tupperware from the paint shop and am putting things back together. When the tranny was pulled I did an assectomy pulling the back frame of the bike up and away with a ratchet strap attached to the steering head.

 

 

Now when I go to put the tranny back in the rear frame bolt holes will not line up! The right one is OK but the left one is out +- 10mm or a 1/4 “.

 

 

 

Looks like I was a little aggressive with the strap pulling the back end up! All this give me a stomach ache! Anyway it seems I went about this wrong the flange on top of the pivot point. No wonder it was so tough to pull up! What’s with the flange anyway, the BMW service manual recommends getting at the clutch and tranny this way but the flange is welded to the frame and has a stud through it. I’m missing something.

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Left side.

Right side.

 

Not sure where to go from here. I can pull the frame hole forward enough with a ratchet strap and if the bike was anchored to the stand possibly jack things up to get the holes aligned but this is going to take a lot of force and put torque on the transmission.

A new rear frame is $850, used ? Will the twist on the tranny be to much if I force things, can the frame be straightened with any luck?

Allan

 

[Traveler]

Loosen up everything. You did NOT put enough force on it with a strap to bend it all that much. And even if you did, the tranny is a stressed member of the frame and has to take WAY more force than you can exert with a strap.

 

Stop worrying about this and just ratchet strap it back into position. Happens to all of us when we do this procedure. Just no one happens to talk about it much.

 

 

[dan cata]

It also happened to me when I did my clutch on the 1100GS. I just forced it and it was ok

[ShovelStrokeEd]

Loosen and remove EVERYTHING then start slipping bolts into place starting where the pivot is and working outward. Use a tapered pry bar in other holes to jack the current one into alignment. Tighten nothing till all bolts are caught a couple of threads. You may have to go back and change the starting point to the one recalcitrant hole but you'll get there.

 

Every chance the sub frame was twisted a bit when it came out of the jig at the factory.

[TimeToRide]

Happy now. Had a friend over and did pretty much what you guys have mentioned and she is back together. I'm sure the pressure involved isn't anything like hitting a speed bump two up loaded.

As soon as I pointed out to Dave the problem at the pivot point he said maybe it was ment to pivot around the stud and you pull the hex bolt! Duh, this would make things so much easier.

Thanks for the advice.

Allan