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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 03:19 PM
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I want to do most of my own service work on my recently purchased '04 Heritage. I've got the service manual and after what I've read from the forum, I want to do it right and use a torque wrench to specs. So, now I need to get the hex, torx, and other bits I need to fit my torque wrench. Is everything SAE? Is some Metric? What sizes in the hex, torx, and other bits do you all own? Thanks for any tips. [8D]
 
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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 03:40 PM
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my bike is all standard sizes, so standard hex keys and there is no standard/metric torx they come in sizes like T10 t15 etc...
 
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Is the jam nut on the shocks 1-1/16" ?
 
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Is the jam nut on the shocks 1-1/16" ?
Yes, it is 1-1/16".
 
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Hey All.

I want to do most of my own service work on my recently purchased '04 Heritage. I've got the service manual and after what I've read from the forum, I want to do it right and use a torque wrench to specs. So, now I need to get the hex, torx, and other bits I need to fit my torque wrench. Is everything SAE? Is some Metric? What sizes in the hex, torx, and other bits do you all own? Thanks for any tips. [8D]
Only thing metric on your bike should be the battery cable size 10 metric. Everything else is standard. Get the entire bottom to top standard torques. I dont know all the sizes but I got the entire small to really large set for putting my passanger pegs. Cheaper to buy them by the set anyways. Auto Zone will replace them if they break I know from experience
 
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You need much more than that to maintance your bike. I carry a bunch of tools for road use thats why I know some of them that you need. My friends call me a mechanic on wheels. I let the dealer do most of my stuff just because I am lazy and if something goes wrong I blame them. Nothing goes wrong because my dealer is the BOMB!!!
 
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Some bolts on the forks are metric, the bolts that hold the caliper on for example.
 
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