Did mine a couple of months ago, pretty easy, especially if you remove the exhaust as it makes it much easier putting engine case back on square. Mine is an S not R.
I have an 899 and I get a slight drop of water passing by the gear selector so I've been looking into this myself. I thought the clutch cover has to come off, then remove the gears to get to the water pump. However, the Clutch cover is difficult to access because the lower exhaust is in the way of the bottom two bolts on the clutch cover. Some say its possible to loosen the exhaust and move it out the way but others have removed the exhaust and that's a time consuming job. I think I would want to give it a go myself if it was being billed £1125 - The water pump itself is around £250 from eBay (new) or <£100 used. I wouldn't want to fit a used one given how difficult it is to access though. I should say, I've neve done this myself but I might have to.....
My concern now is which water pump. There’s a difference between the 2015 and 2016 Panigale Rs. 2015 pump part no. is 24723701I 2016 is 24723702G (strangely, the same as the older Gen 1 2014 1199 Panigale R)
Yes. It’s a picture of an 1199 casing, showing the water pump gears. And…? What is it intended to show me?
Possibly that it is relatively easy to access, and you need to remove the bottom exhaust pipe to get the case off. You can also get an updated drain pipe from the leak off which goes into the fairing bottom. Or I just like the picture.
It's basically just a nipple that is tapped into the telltale hole for the pump and then leads any leak into the belly pan. It's a ducati part, I got it from advice at JHP, think it was a service letter.
I recall seeing somewhere that the bolts fixing the casing are 1 time use only. So new bolts too potentially.
When mine was done. It was quoted by motorapido as a £500 job. So I’d ask around before you get too stuck in.
No mention in the 1299 Ducati service manual about changing bolts, I didn't, and hasn't fallen apart yet.
More advice sought: I’ve had the fairings off today, to see if I can establish whether the R needs a water pump replacement or not. Over the past two winters, it’s ejected coolant which 8’ve found under the front lower fairing and wheel. Today, there’s less coolant in the expansion tank than I filled it with, and there’s wet around the expansion tank cap. I can’t see any sign of leakage or water egress on the RHS engine side. People have reported a sign of coolant from a weep hole by the water pump. Is that correct? Can someone indicate where that is if so. If this is just a “winter special event”, I don’t need to lash out £1000+. But I’m curious as to why it’s coming out whilst the bike’s put away.
Its on the rider’s left on the bike. Find the alternator bulge and its just in front of it. See post #9 and #13. You can see the leak marks on the photo in #13 (my old bike!) https://www.ducatiforum.co.uk/threads/coolant-leak.42888/
