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Thanks for all the great input. I went back in yesterday and re-checked everything. The ticking has quieted a little but does sound excessive relative to the other three valves. Shafts were not upside down, and oil was oozing from all appropriate orifices... I did discover that my left intake rocker...

http://www.maxbmwmotorcycles.com/fiche/ ... =154821214 Number 17 Garnet, Thanks for the diagram, but it's not making things more clear. None of my rocker assys contain items 16 (ax bearing) or 17 (shim or "thrust washer"). My rocker assys, blocks, and posts look exactly like these ('76 to...

Adjusting rocker end play is still needed on your heads and can make a lot of noise is too loose or one of the thrust washers is missing.

Thrust washers?

Thanks to all who responded. Check out #10 and 11 here.... http://w6rec.com/duane/bmw/valve/index.htm I bet this is your problem. I never knew about the very simple adjustment of the pillow blocks when torquing the heads until I found this forum. Click to enlarge the photo, the one with the giant ch...

Hi All. I am the new owner of a 1977 R75. The bike has an unknown past. The odometer reads ~24K kilometers (~15K miles?); not sure if that's 24K, 124K, 234K... I do know that the bike has been sitting around for a long time (although I'm not sure how long). Anyway, my first of what will surely be ma...