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That's just the retainer ring, right?
Never even considered torquing them. Hand tight has always held fine for me.
No this is the headlamp assembly bracket attached to the outer fairing, the retainer ring screws are the three phillips screws with the arrows pointed to them.
I did hand tight them, but I am more confident with following the specs.
Nothing wrong with that! I don't have a service manual handy. I looked at the installation instructions for the dual halogen headlight kit. They state in the instructions to "tighten the screws securely". Lol. Maybe they don't give a torque spec on those.
Nothing wrong with that! I don't have a service manual handy. I looked at the installation instructions for the dual halogen headlight kit. They state in the instructions to "tighten the screws securely". Lol. Maybe they don't give a torque spec on those.
If I remember correctly those screws go into a nut with a rubber gasket that fits into a larger hole. If you tighten them to much you will tear the rubber gasket or strip them and you wont be able to get them back out. tighten them enough to compress the rubber and hold them firmly in the hole.
Kind of like the screws that hold the windshield on a touring bike.
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