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Torque specs for cams?

cloudbreakmd said:
Man those bolts are expensive... :(

Just ordered $130.00 worth of factory hardware. New cam cover bolts, cam hold down bolts, etc, etc. Jeez. Oh well, time to give the bike a new lease on life.
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A good argument for torque wrenches folks. I've pulled a lot of cams from old bikes and been into my current bikes topend more than once. I will stand by the fact that even a superior mechanic is less reliable than a cheap-a$$ torque wrench. There are many instances you will come across where over or under torquing fasteners becomes critical.
 
cloudbreakmd said:
Man those bolts are expensive... :(

Just ordered $130.00 worth of factory hardware. New cam cover bolts, cam hold down bolts, etc, etc. Jeez. Oh well, time to give the bike a new lease on life.
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Dude! I have all those bolts. I would of even sent them "FAST" mail. You chose the cheap creep mail for the manual. :?
 
Jd Powell said:
A good argument for torque wrenches folks. I've pulled a lot of cams from old bikes and been into my current bikes topend more than once. I will stand by the fact that even a superior mechanic is less reliable than a cheap-a$$ torque wrench. There are many instances you will come across where over or under torquing fasteners becomes critical.
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Actually believe it or not these bolts were breaking on the way in with just two or 3 turns on them as soon as the first thread caught. I can't figure it out. They weren't even flush yet. :confused:
 
cloudbreakmd said:
Actually believe it or not these bolts were breaking on the way in with just two or 3 turns on them as soon as the first thread caught. I can't figure it out. They weren't even flush yet. :confused:
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Sounds like the bolts have an incorrect thread pitch to match the cap holes!
Either that, or you are cross threading them!
 
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I was thinking cross threading originally but they all went in smoothly by hand first. And when removed, they had clean breaks across them. Oh well.

By the way, thank you everyone for your input :)
 
cloudbreakmd said:
I was thinking cross threading originally but they all went in smoothly by hand first. And when removed, they had clean breaks across them. Oh well.

By the way, thank you everyone for your input :)
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If you don't have a thread gauge, you can check an original bolt against a new one by aligning their threads, side by side. You should clean the threads on the original bolt first. If the threads fit perfectly into one another you have a match. If they don't, you have the wrong thread pitch on your replacement bolts.
 
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