Maintenance question
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Maintenance question
When going around my bike with the torque value book tightening things down… I was wondering, if the bolt has lock tight on it, tightening down to torque value, wont that break the lock tight and encourage the bolt to come loose over time?
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When you say tightening down, do you mean you simply put the torque wrench on it and tighten it until it clicks/reaches torque or are you loosening the nuts/bolts and then re-tightening them until the torque is reached?
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Seems like it would.
Im thinking that if the bolts where properly tightend to begin with (with lock tite) then the torque wrench should click without it turning anyway.....
If the bolt does turn (not properly torqued) and you are really concerned about this then take the bolt out and clean, put new Loc-tite on and re-torque.
Just a suggestion is all...Rick
Im thinking that if the bolts where properly tightend to begin with (with lock tite) then the torque wrench should click without it turning anyway.....
If the bolt does turn (not properly torqued) and you are really concerned about this then take the bolt out and clean, put new Loc-tite on and re-torque.
Just a suggestion is all...Rick
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In the service manual torque specs, set your torque wrench to the middle setting. If your bolts haven't loosened any, you should not feel it break loose. If you do, Take the bolt out and apply blue loctite and retorque it.I've found after applying loctite and torqueing a bolt, it will take more torque to break it loose. After you finish with your torque wrench, back it off so the spring has no tension on it. Saves your torque wrench!
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