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what kind of torque wrench?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Johnny K
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yeah, i remember your thread, cant remember if i said anything but the torque spec you mentioned seemed too high for 6mm bolts in alu threads
I downloaded the service manual for the '83-'86 GS700/750 and it specced 7 ft lbs for the oil pan like all the other 6 mm bolts, so I put it together.

A guy on another forum seized his brand-new top end because the manual had the bore specs swapped for the smaller and larger bore version of the same engine. :eek:
 
A guy on another forum seized his brand-new top end because the manual had the bore specs swapped for the smaller and larger bore version of the same engine. :eek:

yeah, when put in a perspective you're the lucky guy! :D

but i would have thought that a good machine shop would ask for a piston and rings when doing a re-bore and not go by the numbers only
 
yeah, when put in a perspective you're the lucky guy! :D
The bolts snapped just below the head and I had a parts engine. No big deal, just annoying.
but i would have thought that a good machine shop would ask for a piston and rings when doing a re-bore and not go by the numbers only
The numbers on the bore were only off by a thousandth of an inch. The machine shop here mainly works on tractors and huge V8s--they do motorcycle cylinders but very rarely so I think they'd be lost without the numbers. Actually the machinist couldn't remember the last time he had worked on something so small.
 
PS,
When your thread was going and you were working at 10# or so on a 6mm bolt, I said that is stupid. 6mm bolt go to 5-7 at the max, so I pulled out a few manuals and they were calling for 7 - 11#. Some times doing it by the book doesn't work if the book is wrong.
I did not post anything since it appears the error in the manuals is now known by a few at least.
 
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