Thom Davis
Member
Just got my bike (C600 2013) back from the shop where I had them changeout the spring timing chain tensioner (the one that was replaced a few years back by the recall). I had them replace the tensioner this time with the hydrolic version so that hopefully I won't have to have it done again. They charge a little less than 3 hours labor...but it took them a lot longer to do. Apparently there are some stubborn bolts that have to be removed and they had to tear it down a lot more than BMW thinks--not a job I could have done (of course, at 68, I'm not really willing to do much work on bikes). Total time that they worked on it was about 8 hours. The parts are a little more than $400 so total cost for the conversion (in CA--costs are higher here than most other places) was about $770. Worth it. Bike sounds new again, no clattering.