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Old Feb 21, 2017 | 09:29 AM
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Anybody knows what is the Torque value for the torx screws circled with red? I searched in the service manual but I could not locate it.

 
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Old Feb 21, 2017 | 09:56 AM
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I don't know the specific torque value. I use a 1/4 drive screw driver handle with the torx bit on the end. Hand tight was always adequate on my EGC.

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Old Feb 21, 2017 | 10:25 AM
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That's just the retainer ring, right?
Never even considered torquing them. Hand tight has always held fine for me.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2017 | 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Buelligan666
I don't know the specific torque value. I use a 1/4 drive screw driver handle with the torx bit on the end. Hand tight was always adequate on my EGC.

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I did hand tight them, but I am more confident with following the specs.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2017 | 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by ORradtech
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.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2017 | 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by iMAK79
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.

Link to instructions for dual halogen kit.
https://serviceinfo.harley-davidson....document/59770
 
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Old Feb 21, 2017 | 06:44 PM
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The standard torque for those screws are 22 to 32 inch lbs... not foot lbs.
 
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Originally Posted by Buelligan666
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.

Link to instructions for dual halogen kit.
https://serviceinfo.harley-davidson....document/59770
Thank you for the link mate.
 
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Originally Posted by diggerv
The standard torque for those screws are 22 to 32 inch lbs... not foot lbs.
Thanks but as per the service manual, this torque is for the retainer screws (3 phillips screws) pointed with arrows.
 
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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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