Well, I just found your video after I've already removed the timing cover from my R1200 GS! (Along with everything else I had to remove from the bike in order to remove the timing case!) I did find other online tutorials and videos to help guide me. Watching your video now is also helpful and insightful, since you have the entire engine removed from the bike :-) My timing cover isn't nearly as badly corroded as the one in your video, but worse than what I was hoping it would be! Wish I had thought to remove the plastic cover and investigate this issue a little sooner as there is pretty bad pitting in the metal in some areas. I've successfully stripped, scraped, sanded + more sanding, cleaned, primed and painted my cover and am ready to reinstall it. Only to realize I need yet another "special tool" push sliding sleeve (No. 11 5 713) to push the shaft seal ring into place ...which thankfully, my partner created an alternative thrust piece like you have done for the thrust piece (No. 31 3 671). He will look for an alternative option for the push sliding sleeve. I'm learning SO much and happy to be working on my own bike. Very thankful to people like you who create awesome videos!
I use another seal from the newer bmw r nine t, i has a gaitor ring so is a upgrade , iv done 20,000mile and so far no leaks ill add the part number , thank you for comments
@@Tattytyrescould you just leave the bolt in and then use the “puller” to push the gear with the bearing attached so that you don’t have to worry the gear coming off and effecting timing?
@@Tattytyres I wanna make my engine/drive train black, so i went to the BMW replacements parts department and ask the color code of the BMW M2 black shadow edition and because i have no chassis number they can't give me the color code, it''s their software and how they catalog vehicles. the silver color makes the final drive look kinda big and of course some of the "color" dropped off around the carter. Spoken to a high end BMW restorer in Germany and they said don't use powder coating, but paint.
Well, I just found your video after I've already removed the timing cover from my R1200 GS! (Along with everything else I had to remove from the bike in order to remove the timing case!) I did find other online tutorials and videos to help guide me. Watching your video now is also helpful and insightful, since you have the entire engine removed from the bike :-) My timing cover isn't nearly as badly corroded as the one in your video, but worse than what I was hoping it would be! Wish I had thought to remove the plastic cover and investigate this issue a little sooner as there is pretty bad pitting in the metal in some areas. I've successfully stripped, scraped, sanded + more sanding, cleaned, primed and painted my cover and am ready to reinstall it. Only to realize I need yet another "special tool" push sliding sleeve (No. 11 5 713) to push the shaft seal ring into place ...which thankfully, my partner created an alternative thrust piece like you have done for the thrust piece (No. 31 3 671). He will look for an alternative option for the push sliding sleeve. I'm learning SO much and happy to be working on my own bike. Very thankful to people like you who create awesome videos!
I use another seal from the newer bmw r nine t, i has a gaitor ring so is a upgrade , iv done 20,000mile and so far no leaks ill add the part number , thank you for comments
Look up number 11118528387 seal
I am a long way off this level. I have not even bought anything to open the Oil filler cap. You know the funny adapter thingy? Keep em coming, cheers
Nice job Mathew.
Good vid - how you planning to clean up the cover prior to painting ?
Paint stripper and patience
How easy is it to remove the bearing from the casing?
Yeah no problem, the bearing taps out easy enough, when i start refurbing the casings i will show you
@@Tattytyresnice one.
@@Tattytyrescould you just leave the bolt in and then use the “puller” to push the gear with the bearing attached so that you don’t have to worry the gear coming off and effecting timing?
Yeah easy enough with casing off
6:52 what for are these 2 large sprockets?
the 1200 engine seams to have a balance shaft and these sprockets match the drawings.
Top sprocket has a slot in it for crank sensor, bottom sprocket is attached to balance shaft
@@Tattytyres No Hall sensors like on the R1100's?
Not too sure about the 1100, engine, only sensor in front timing cover is crank sensor on the 1200
@@Tattytyres the R1100 has a metal plate with 2 hall sensors behind the alternator pulley.
I asked for the color code of the "paint" of the engine, drive train parts, but they couldn't tell me.
Too old i was told.
I use e-tech spray paint, thats quite close
@@Tattytyres I wanna make my engine/drive train black, so i went to the BMW replacements parts department and ask the color code of the BMW M2 black shadow edition and because i have no chassis number they can't give me the color code, it''s their software and how they catalog vehicles. the silver color makes the final drive look kinda big and of course some of the "color" dropped off around the carter.
Spoken to a high end BMW restorer in Germany and they said don't use powder coating, but paint.