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Technical Discussion => BMW Technical Q&A, Primarily R65 => Topic started by: flongr65 on June 03, 2009, 03:31:17 PM

Title: Clymer or Haynes shop manual?
Post by: flongr65 on June 03, 2009, 03:31:17 PM

I'd prefer to just buy one for routine maintance chores for my 81 R65.
Which would you prefer, Clymer or Haynes?

Title: Re: Clymer or Haynes shop manual?
Post by: weasel01 on June 03, 2009, 04:26:34 PM

I have the Clymer and it seems very complete if I had to gripe about it I would say the pictures are like a 4th generation photocopy.
Textwise its good.
My buddy has the haynes and it really seems about the same.

Title: Re: Clymer or Haynes shop manual?
Post by: montmil on June 03, 2009, 04:38:14 PM

I have each and suggest, if you can afford the buy-in, that you acquire both as I have found that where one manual is found to be a bit lacking, the other adds additional information.

I realize this does not answer your question exactly but it has saved my sanity -or what's left of it- on several occasions. More manuals and more R65.org. That's the ticket.

Monte

Title: Re: Clymer or Haynes shop manual?
Post by: Lucky_Lou on June 03, 2009, 04:45:14 PM

The Clymer is more indepth than the Haynes but there are some areas where they dont agree aspecialy on electrics i have the haynes but borrowed a Clymer to checkout some engine specs and found the electrics were more accurate in the haynes manual.
Lou

Title: Re: Clymer or Haynes shop manual?
Post by: weasel01 on June 03, 2009, 04:45:55 PM

actually what I have found the most helpful is a combination of the Snowbum website the Clymer manual and the helpful people here at R65.org.

Snowbum for the philosophy of repair.

Clymer for the technical numbers and such.

R65. org  for model specific hands on experience and long term user experience.

Title: Re: Clymer or Haynes shop manual?
Post by: flongr65 on June 03, 2009, 06:28:39 PM

That helps.......thanks !

Title: Re: Clymer or Haynes shop manual?
Post by: MrRiden on June 03, 2009, 06:29:47 PM

A quick look on Amazon turned up a used Haynes for less than $12
rich

Title: Re: Clymer or Haynes shop manual?
Post by: steve_wicks on June 04, 2009, 11:50:09 PM

I have the Haynes and I have found it lacking in a number of areas - Crank ventilatation valve and main stand are a few that spring to mind.

Maybe it works better as a guide to doing a total rebuild than it does for day to day repairs.

Title: Re: Clymer or Haynes shop manual?
Post by: not-so-fast-ed on June 05, 2009, 06:22:48 AM

Don't forget that the factory manuals are still available.  Lots better for model specific info.

Ed