Re: Subject: Re: Oil Change

["Clive Liddell" <cliddell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

John and Oilheaders,
I do not believe there is a published torque value for the brake callipers
themselves (at least by BMW) - they are Not Recommended to be split.

Regarding torquing in general, having wrenched and serviced all my own
vehicles (and more - who haven't shepherded children into adulthood) since
around 1958 I also use apropriate torque wrenches all the time even to the
extent that, even though I could easily quote many of the torque figures, I
still look most of them up every time I use them...
Regards
Clive Liddell
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
'96 R850R   70k.km
'01 R1100RT 45k.km

- ----- Original Message -----
From: Hamilton <johnhamilton4@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <oilheads@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 9:27 PM
Subject: Subject: Re: Oil Change


> 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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