- Wed Apr 11, 2018 11:57 am
#75624
If you have a look in the technical articles on this site, you'll find most of the important torque settings listed in the descriptions of the jobs. If you put an order in with our hosts, they do a little laminated card for a couple of quid for use as a spacer when fitting the alternator which has most of the torque settings printed on it. Part Number: 98240
Again, I'll advise caution using torque wrenches on bullets, especially with anything going into alloy, some of the threads are very poor and the alloy isn't great either, it's VERY easy to overtighten and in my experience some of the threads will strip out at less than the recommended torque settings. Feel is very important, don't see your torque wrench as a failsafe way of avoiding stripped threads or you'll be disappointed. By all means use it but use it slowly and be prepared to stop before the click.
The rocker studs are particularly bad and they are supposed to be tightened to a very low tension. Most torque wrenches don't go that low. These days I only use a torque wrench for cylinder head nuts and anything bolting to the crank.
