New Torque wrench

[stockfjr]

Finally got around to buying a torque wrench after years of over tightening stuff. Spent quite a bit of time searching the various FJR links but wasn't able to find a comprehensive list of recommended torque values. Does something like that exist? Do peope have a rule of thumb they use that relates to say if it needs a 10mm ------->?? of a 14mm------>>?

I am now torque obsessed!

for instance at the moment looking for the ft/lbs on the pumpkin drain//fill? is that the same as the oil drain bolt... ? or do most people just "wing " it??

 

[twowheelnut]

Stop 1:

https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php?showtopic=4295

Stop 2:

Your dealer can order you a service manual that lists complete torque info...

 

[Bounce]

Your dealer can order you a service manual that lists complete torque info...

+1

 

[stockfjr]

Excellent, thank you!

 

[tyronewildman]

Yep, stockfjr U made me get my FSM out & look it up. In Pgs 18-24 in section 2. there is a Conversion table and a General Tightening Torque Spec chart along with the tightening torques of most bolts & nuts on the bike. Careful useing the General Tightening Torque Spec chart as a lot depends on the composition & length (the part of the bolt between the threads & the bolt head-so it can stretch) of the bolt and also on what material the bolt screws into. Very careful on torqueing the oil pan drain bolt as many have stripped them out useing the factory specs. A little over hand tite w/new crush washer works for me. Before I picked up my new '04, I had also ordered my new FSM & 6 new oil filters along with new oil pan bolt crush washers from FJR Goodies. Case in point-last week, I was uncrateing a dozen or so new press bikes (80s to 1600s) for a training center while there was a M/C Tech training class, with an MMI instructor, in progress. I was torque wrenching stuff and one of the students (a wash bay kid taking the class) offered to help as he usually uncrates the new bikes at his dealership. He mentioned that he just uses an air inpact wrench cause it's a lot faster! Hmmm Gotta go now & play with my torque wrenches. Later,,,De

 

[Yambone]

+1 for getting the Service Manual at FJRGoodies. Give Guru Glenn a call, and get a bunch of crush washers and oil filters while you're at it.

FJRGoodies

The torque value for the oil drain bolt for the pumpkin is also in the Owners Manual (which you should already have) says 17 ft-lbs or 23 Nm. I'm ASSuming same for the oil fill bolt.

Some folks here use a reusable copper washer for this application. I've stayed with the OEM crush washers thinking this might give a little more protection against stripping the threads, as the crushing action might cushion the force on the threads. This is a feel-good thing in which I have absolutely no scientific background or logic to explain. B)

 

[rdfrantz]

The torque value for the oil drain bolt for the pumpkin is also in the Owners Manual (which you should already have) says 17 ft-lbs or 23 Nm.  I'm ASSuming same for the oil fill bolt. 

It is Explicitly the same, right there in the owners manual.

Best wishes.

 

[stockfjr]

This is another post on the subject that i found from 12/5/05:

https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php?showtopic=4295

Torque Values

Oil drain plug = 43 Nm, 31 ft-lbs

Rear drain plug = 23 Nm, 17 ft-lbs

Spark plug = 13 Nm, 9.4 ft-lbs

Spark plug gap = .7 - .8mm (.028 - .031 in)

sometimes the answer may not be as clear as you think

 

[nusman68]

I recall there were some members (Radman? Ramblin?) cautioning against the factory recommended torque spec for the drain bolt; they were reporting others had been stripping the threads at 31 ft.lbs..

This seems to be one of those philosophical questions...there were some that pointed out that torque specs are for a dry fastener, and to reduce it by 10% or more when applying any substance which may act as a lubricant, be it engine oil, Loctite, anti-seize, whatever. There are others that point out that it is a drain plug, and thus has no real pressure on it; snug it up, call it good. I am of the latter group; I never have used a torque wrench on the drain bolt myself-- (and usually I'm a torque fanatic) I tighten until I feel the crush washer flatten out, and it's done. Like Yambone said it's a 'feel-good thing'.

 

[stockfjr]

thanks, that's pretty much what i have always done, crush & maybe a quarter turn more, damn I paid a bunch for that thing... what was the reason i bought that again? Never should wander around a tool department at Sears or Home Depot. Always seem to come home with something>