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This is the post with the link referred to above - the link is to an old BMW site and has a lot about how to remove these locks.

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If you search this forum for a post by dvhttm titled missing parts _ replying to another post there is a link to a bmw site with information on how to remove the locks - sorry thus is a bit roundabout but I cant copy the link very well on this device - Duncan

Thanks Jen that's what I thought and kind of puts me off as I am unsure if I would use it otherwise - I already have Makita 18v tools so probably be looking at one if them if I dud decide And to Mickey - I have always tightened with a torque wrench (which also needs calibrating) would continue to do...

Hello - not sure if this is the right place for this but if not I'm sure someone will tell me - it's time to change the cam belt again - I've done it quite a few times now but always struggle to some extent with the nut and am never quite happy the methods I need to employ to remove it especially as...

mind you looks a bit too chunky now I look closer

It looks familiar - could it be from inside the rubber suspension mounting bushes - like inside the tank mounting rubbers - just a thought - Duncan

I think your old post might have been the one I was referring to and I git it mixed up a bit - Duncan

I seem to remember an old post saying to be careful to remove any new powdercoat that would bear on the drive when it was replaced as this extra width could split the ring when refitted.
Duncan

There are grey plastic ones on my 79 sport, It is news to me that earlier ones were made of anything different - hence my post.
Duncan

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Is this possibly it? Difficult to compare with the black colour - apologies if I'm mistaken - Duncan

I'm not sure if it was stood but certainly had running issues which needed to be resolved so it is possible as it couldn't have gone far - although there was no sign of any corrosion in the barrels. I presume the ring had gone on one cylinder first as it was using some oil, then when the second cyli...

both of mine went as well, not long after I got it, the bores were clean. The engine went to NLM for a check over the heads and barrels and they could nit give a specific reason either.
Duncan

Hello - mine had similar marks from new - its a while back but I do remember checking up on it somewhere and getting the same answer - just can't remember where I got the information from now! But it did put my mind at rest - Duncan

Thank you - I think i have a base gasket weep at the minute that needs attention

If using aluminium gaskets and torquing only once do you follow the first of second figure? thanks - Duncan