Torque Settings

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Hiya,

Have just found this site:-

http://www.sciencelab.com/data/conversi ... sion.shtml


Could be very useful when the settings in your manual don't match the scales on your torque wrench.


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good plan Miz :)

note : - my manual gives the wrong value for the sump plug torque
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Can anyone tell me what sort of torque setting I should use on the fork bottom pinch bolts, and the handlebar retainer thing bolts? Can't seem to find them in the manual, so I've gone for "pretty tight" in the meantime!
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Spyke wrote:55 years agoCan anyone tell me what sort of torque setting I should use on the fork bottom pinch bolts,
if this is 'spindle-to-fork foot fastening' (?) it's 23/25 N.m
and the handlebar retainer thing bolts? Can't seem to find them in the manual, so I've gone for "pretty tight" in the meantime!
if this is 'handlebar counterpoise fastening
it says 'controlled tightening' I reckon 'pretty tight' might be better than 'that'll do + a tad'

otherwise in the book there's a list of torques by screw and material, here's a part of it in N.m:-

steel to steel ...... steel on alloy/brass/aluminium
M5 - 6 .......... ... 4
M6 - 10,5 ........... 6,5
M7 - 17 ...... ...... 10,5
M8 - 26 ............ 16
M10 - 52
M12 - 100
As can be seen I'm reading from the book and don't have proper knowledge here, but am relying on someone who knows to put me right if I've mis-advised.
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snapdragon wrote:55 years agoif this is 'handlebar counterpoise fastening it says 'controlled tightening' I reckon 'pretty tight' might be better than 'that'll do + a tad'.
Thanks snapdragon! I now believe a 'handlebar counterpoise fastening' is a bar end. The listing at the back is a little confusing, I'd have thought the spindle - fork foot fastening would be the spindle itself, which apparently should be 95-100 Nm, according to page E5.

Reading the manual more closely, I have found the settings I need:
Fork bottom pinch bolts (axle fixing screws/spindle - fork foot fastening), page E5 23-25 Nm.
Handlebar retainer thing (called a clevis apparently) bolts, page E16 5-7 Nm.
Front caliper fastening, page F8 39 Nm.

Not VERY tight, really!

Anyway found an interesting vid on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uCrTF5fvzk that gives some good advice, particularly on doing up pinch bolts evenly, that I wouldn't have thought of but makes perfect sense when you think about it.
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All useful stuff, though I couldn't get much out of the Youtube vid. Once I saw the bloke's name was NANCY, it all sounded like Blah-Blah-Blah. :)
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:mrgreen:
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