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Offline Ocelot

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stumped by this spring
« on: December 03, 2013, 08:10:38 PM »
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Offline Grim

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Re: stumped by this spring
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2013, 08:33:00 PM »
Can't judge the actual size but there are three springs on the stands of a similar shape. 2 on the center on on the side and I think the older bikes had another spring that had something to do with the auto stand retract with the clutch feature.
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Re: stumped by this spring
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2013, 10:15:36 PM »
I'd second that, part of the center/side stand assy.
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Re: stumped by this spring
« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2013, 02:13:23 AM »
I think the spring looks to short relative to the diameter of the coil, to belong to one of the stands.
I would rather guess that it is the return spring for the rear master cylinder.

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Re: stumped by this spring
« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2013, 06:00:56 AM »
I think the spring looks to short relative to the diameter of the coil, to belong to one of the stands.
I would rather guess that it is the return spring for the rear master cylinder.

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That was my guess, but I can't discover where it hooks to. Looks like number 9 in this drawing: http://realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=0572&mospid=51745&btnr=34_0620&hg=34&fg=31 but I don't find number 8 in real life, much less the un-numbered wuzzit the other end goes round.
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Re: stumped by this spring
« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2013, 06:38:52 AM »
Lookee here...

http://www.motobrick.com/index.php?topic=5207.msg32193#msg32193

Inge posted a pic when asked the rear MC question a few weeks ago...

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