GL1200 Goldwing Timing Belts Replacement 

what that guy said!

Lol ...im the same ...removing and cleaning......

James Aich this process is way easier than he's making it look he's taking off way too much s*** that he does that does not have to be taken off or removed need to remove both lower side fairing Shields loosen the radiator remove the lower radiator hose just take a 2 x 4 or a block of wood block the radiator out of the way and you have full access to the timing covers take the covers off replace the belts but everything back together start to finish your done in an hour have no f****** idea why this guy remove the saddlebags to see the full gas tank cover all of that b******* just replace the timing belts this is why shops f****** charge so much f****** money cuz I do all this extra b******* and charge you for it if you look it up in the book in the manual it's calls for an hour and a half job and these assholes want to charge $600 to do this s*** get a manual do it yourself it's easy I've changed my three times

@@mikeparrish930 can you help me under stand the block wood part ....looking attack this job , trying to gather as much info as i can .... Think to this as a winter project

lol you got the poor boy on your bike! Lucky find! It gets rid of the stator so its easier to repair and mroe reliable. Trying to get my hands on a poor boy conversion

You won't have warning generally. Failure can destroy or seriously damage the engine. The valves will be struck by the tops of the cylinders. You need to make sure they are changed are reasonable milage intervals or if they are excessively old.

+Daniel Alioa my 82 makes a sound at low idle also but on the highway she runs great

My 84 ticks on the left side [as you're sitting on it] during idle.

@@rucebaybruce6174 same, tick went away when I upgraded my idle jets to a 40 and spaced my needle float (1986)

Easier for newbies to access things for sure. This is a DIY guide.

+Cocoa Cabana yes it does so dammage and lots of it dont buy it may need a new engine

That bike is worth about 1000 tops if belts snapped. needs total overhaul or parts bike. I paid 300 for my bad engine goldie.

+Roy Yasko yes i saw no reason to remove trunk covers side covers seat and gas cover tank to do the job but hey if it makes him happy have at it

he runs the largest goldwing forum in the world. whats your story? btw what he took off is neccecary to get this done. (you cant get to the seat unless you remove the saddlebag lids, you cant get to the faux tank unless you remove og the seat you cant get to the radiator cap unless you remove the faux tank........)

Not a problem if they are returned to the right spot when the belts are put back on. As long as the engine isn't turned over far enough to cause the pistons and valves to hit each other. That would take deliberate effort, so you won't be doing it just by bumping the cam sprocket. If you had to send the heads off to be decked or just cleaned up or needed new head gaskets, you could return them to the right spot using the marks on the engine, heads and cam sprockets.

change the springs

ha ha that was cold..

The gates 5043 is the same belt as the gates T070 belt but the T070 is a lot cheaper. Both 88 tooth 33" x 3/4"

+Michael Moriarty why will just get dirty again