shendy40 Scooter Rider
Number of posts : 20 Age : 59 Location : UK maidenhead Points : 4584 Registration date : 2012-06-30
| Subject: torque settings help Fri Aug 03, 2012 12:13 pm | |
| Help Help please Hi I have just bought some stainless disc rotor bolts for the front and rear , but I can not find anywere the torque setting for these 10 bolts. Can some lucky person who has a service manual please help.
Shendy |
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bikerboy Silver Wing Rider
Number of posts : 405 Age : 81 Location : Leyland England Points : 5392 Registration date : 2011-05-12
| Subject: Re: torque settings help Fri Aug 03, 2012 3:05 pm | |
| Brake disc bolts are 42 N.m or 31 lb-ft according to my manual. These OEM figures may not apply to stainless bolts which I suspect are supposed to be lubed before insertion and which will affect the torque values. |
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MikeO Site Admin
Number of posts : 3840 Age : 75 Location : Seaham, Co Durham, UK Points : 9730 Registration date : 2009-06-29
| Subject: Re: torque settings help Fri Aug 03, 2012 5:18 pm | |
| This makes interesting reading - I looked around, remembering something a very knowledgeable member of the X9OC said when someone asked about replacing brake-disc bolts with stainless ones (he was not in favour):
http://reviews.ebay.com/Stainless-Bolts-Usually-very-weak?ugid=10000000001623345 |
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