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2006 Front caliper mounting bolts
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<blockquote data-quote="Fred W" data-source="post: 1326422" data-attributes="member: 3828"><p>Even though these bolts are hollow, I do not believe that they reach the stretch point considering they are only <em>supposed to be</em> torqued to 29 ft lb. If you over torque them you may actually be stretching them, but that is not a good thing to do if it wasn't designed to be that tight.</p><p></p><p>The FSM doesn't call for loctite to be used on these bolts. It <em>does </em>call for a torque wrench to be used. If you never use a torque wrench you will probably never tighten them to the correct 29 ft lb.</p><p></p><p>At 29 ft lb dry torque the bolts will not loosen, and there is no need to "preserve" the threads when you only tighten them to the specified torque. Of course, if you were to use loctite, then the torque spec goes out the window.</p><p></p><p>I know there are many here that can't seem to (or don't want to) master using a torque wrench. It really isn't all the difficult. A properly functioning torque wrench used correctly with an appropriate torque spec will never cause good threads to strip out.</p><p></p><p>You can all choose to do whatever you want to your own bikes, but giving advice like that to other people is somewhat irresponsible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fred W, post: 1326422, member: 3828"] Even though these bolts are hollow, I do not believe that they reach the stretch point considering they are only [I]supposed to be[/I] torqued to 29 ft lb. If you over torque them you may actually be stretching them, but that is not a good thing to do if it wasn't designed to be that tight. The FSM doesn't call for loctite to be used on these bolts. It [I]does [/I]call for a torque wrench to be used. If you never use a torque wrench you will probably never tighten them to the correct 29 ft lb. At 29 ft lb dry torque the bolts will not loosen, and there is no need to "preserve" the threads when you only tighten them to the specified torque. Of course, if you were to use loctite, then the torque spec goes out the window. I know there are many here that can't seem to (or don't want to) master using a torque wrench. It really isn't all the difficult. A properly functioning torque wrench used correctly with an appropriate torque spec will never cause good threads to strip out. You can all choose to do whatever you want to your own bikes, but giving advice like that to other people is somewhat irresponsible. [/QUOTE]
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