Subject: Re: Oil Change

["Hamilton" <johnhamilton4@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Subject: Re: Oil Change

On Apr 8, 2004, at 15:47, Bob MacFarland wrote:

>>
>>
>
> I don't usually chime in on things like this, but I feel compelled to
> say that I have known a lot of guys who for reasons unknown don't
> believe the torque specs designated by the engineers who designed the
> bike, or have somehow determined that some other torque spec is
> "better" than what the factory specifies. To each his own, I say, but
> deviating from the factory torque specs is, in my personal opinion, an
> extremely risky practice. No offense, Tom, I'm glad you've had good
> luck with your decision, but no way in hell am I going to follow your
> lead on this.
>
> Bob
>
>

I do not torque to their specs because I do not want to strip any
threads. A lot of the values they use for bolts and drain plugs are too
tight and I am the one who will have to pay to have stripped threads
repaired, not some over-zealous engineer with a lawyer looking over his
shoulder. Now for bolts that secure the front or rear tire, I follow
the manual.


I pulled my front callipers apart, and torqued them up as per the specs. And
on two of the alan studs the alan key has turned inside the stud, so looks
like I will now have a problem next time I want to strip the callipers down.
So now I am a bit nervous the next time I use my torque wrench, and I had
set the torque wrench correctly when I was tightening up the calliper studs.

John
Phuket, Thailand
R1100GS

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