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R1100/1150 throttle bodies

Oilhead throttle bodies tend to wear out. There are a lot of different throttle bodies available for these bikes so if you are sourcing a used one, you need to make sure you get the correct one. Each TB has a stamping on the bottom casting rib.

Versions

On the original Oilheads, there were two basic designs. For the GS and the R, the throttle body closes at a 5° angle, and for the early RS and the RT it closes at a 10° angle. The 10° angle gives a different throttle tip-in response. The brass air screw on the GS throttle body is also larger. Starting with the R1100S and continuing through the R1150 models, the same 5° design is used for all bikes. The injector mounting is different; using one of these requires a different fuel distributor and injector. The bore on all models is 45mm, but the 10° plate is 45.85mm in the long-oval direction while the 5° plate is 45.25mm.

Given below are the stampings I can find and the BMW part numbers.

Bike Left TB Right TB
R1100RS and RT to 7/96 1 45/101
13 54 1 340 613		 45/102
13 54 1 340 614
R1100GS and R to 7/96 1
(includes R850)		 45/103
13 54 1 341 685		 45/104
13 54 1 341 686
R1100RS and RT 7/96 to 9/98 2 45/105?
13 54 1 342 245		 45/106?
13 54 1 342 246
R1100GS and R 7/96 to 9/98 2 45/107
13 54 1 342 269		 45/108
13 54 1 342 270
R1100RS and RT 9/98 on 3 45/111 ?
13 54 2 325 851		 45/112 ?
13 54 2 325 852
R1100GS and R 9/98 on 3 45/113
13 54 2 325 853		 45/114
13 54 2 325 854
R1100S and all R1150 models 4 45/109
13 54 1 342 495		 45/110
13 54 1 342 496
45/115 black
13 54 7 669 725		 45/116 black
13 54 7 669 726

1 The earliest Oilhead have a one-piece throttle cable which loops around the pulley on the left TB and then crosses over to the right TB.  There is a separate attachment for the choke cable on the left TB. The right TB cable angle is nearly perpendicular to the TB, but the left one is raked back about 30° .

2 These Oilheads have a  throttle cable splitter box that controls each TB separately. The left TB has no choke cable attachment, because the throttle is advanced in the splitter box and there's no attachment for the crossover cable housing. The cable mounting angle on the right TB was changed to match the left TB. These are NLA and superseded by the next.

3 In 9/98 they changed the design so that the pulleys were pressed onto the shaft, rather than held on with a nut and washer. This change was retroactive to replacements (my replacement 45/102 had a pressed-on pulley). Cable and cable mounting angles seem to be the same as before.

4 The 1150-style throttle bodies have a deeper hole for the fuel injector.

Repair

Contrary to popular belief, replacement TB parts ARE available from Bing USA. The relatively useless German Bing website is https://www.bingpower.de/.

Repair is an increasingly attractive alternative as prices rise. Currently a pair of throttle bodies retails for about $800. The left TB is over $500 because a new TPS is included.

Throttle shaft wear

When the throttle body gets loose, it may be the shaft that is worn.

Here is a view of the gap between the bushing (which was hardly worn at all) and the shaft. This gap lets air through and affects the idle.
Worn shaft in housing

 

This shows the amount of wear on the shaft (look on the right side of the picture).
Worn throttle shaft

You may be able to substitute the shaft from a different throttle body.  The left TB  on all models has a longer shaft because it has to turn the TPS.

Oilhead throttle bodies