BMW R1100RT Gearbox Oil Change

A beginners instructional video on how to do a gearbox oil change on a BMW R1100RT.
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[@mtyquinn6]

Love your videos (yes - realize this one is a couple years old - but still applicable to people like me that want to keep these beemers going. Like your carboard idea - and got to the bottom of a paper towel roll (sure TP would be same size) - and put a small 1" slit at the top and it slid right over to capture the stinky gear oil!...

[@Master-di4di]

Usually I only replace bottom crush washer .If top crusher washer leaks replace, which is rare.Thanks for sharing.

[@mtyquinn6]

Another great video! One point about torque wrenches - get the "click" in one motion. It takes a very finite amount of power to get a thread started (esp. after it starts to seat the seal!)

[@robbs7269]

As a beginning rider I desperately need to learn these skills. If at all possible, set a better angle as much of the video was your elbow, as nice as that elbow is; it would have been great to see more of the mechanics. Godspeed.

[@vantherebel]

Thanks brother great video. My brake lines are failing now...uuuug

[@gmcjetpilot]

10:55 you say it takes it right up to the edge. I put in about 850 ml about 50 over and it was no where near the threads.... I checked and the best way is get a graduated measuring container (typically plastic and shaped like an inverted cone. The only way to go is VOLUME..... If you over fill a little I doubt much issue, but to the treads "seeping" seems to me to be too much.

[@cherrabimohammed7342]

one bottle of gear oil 80w90 is 750ml, it's missing 100ml !!!

[@johnstanhaus2943]

Thanks, I was just looking to see how I would simply check the fluid level, but I gather that it is full if the fluid is just up to the bottom level of the filler opening i.e. concern was how do you check the level on a opening which is parallel to the ground (as opposed to vertical where you might use a dip stick). This works, simple and efficient I guess. Also thanks for mentioning the importance or getting the precise torque level, as you are compressing the crush washer..

[@valentindavilas1751]

Grazie, chiaro e semplice !

[@spidermice]

in my Rt the drain bolt is impossible to unscrew . I have tried with pistol warm and impact driver , but no way .Any suggestion?

[@vikernes1989]

I have a r1150rt I want to know if it's the same procedure / ml / oil?

[@joseluisfernandez102]

Thanks, very interesting !!!

[@bwilliamblock]

Good video, thanks

[@realidadeescocesa2412]

Hi. The gearbox/final transmission crush washer has the same size of the engine one?

[@pingu0093]

What size crush washers do you need ? Thanks

[@StephanPluemer]

Nice !

[@donaldleavy4379]

You guys are brutal with your torque wrenching.. you said it yerself… I CAN FEEL IT… geeezzzzz .. head bolts.. Rod bolts , & Main Bearings… that’s the only things I use a torque wrench fer…. Or to whack someone…. Nahhhh… but really you do need a torque tool for anything done here…

[@narcissistinjurygiver2932]

i am a professional mechanic and i only use a tq wrench where I must. It is way better to use your feel to crush a washer. the problem is many people do not know the feel of a fastener

[@donaldleavy4379]

@@narcissistinjurygiver2932 THANK YOU…. I’m Sayin.. I’ve got an R1100 & I Don’t Need A. Torque Wrench For A Filter & A Drain Washer.. omg.. the millennial mechanics…

[@narcissistinjurygiver2932]

@@donaldleavy4379 yep. I have more control with out a torque wrench and I can feel how tight to make a fastener

[@mickgardner5758]

Can you use copper crush washers

[@14wntr]

yes

[@TheMurat1965]

bonne idée de changer de bidon pour prendre un avec verseur, vidéo très frustrante, soit c'est flou soit il y a quelque chose devant la zone interessante, il faut déplacer la caméra svp

[@jamescourier1545]

I watched to see what funnel you use. You didn't, you used a Motul bottle 😂

[@saturn0660]

What the heck is that noise in the background?

[@marcjwhite]

I think its the focus motor in his video camera, maybe he should change the gear oil on that ;) JK

[@fernandoc6788]

I don't think squizing the bottle of oil is a good idea as it would add air.

[@eurovision4u]

Darth Vader breathing :)

[@hmroa3056]

Is that Darth Vader in the background?

[@richardt9831]

It has been said before, but should be repeated for anyone seeing this for the first time: OPEN YOUR FILL PLUG FIRST Not only does it allow for better fluid flow fromt he drain, *BUT* should you not be able to open it (and have already drained the bike) you're dead in the water with no way to fill the bike!!

[@pingu0093]

Oops you already mentioned it :-)