Hi All,
Here's my Torque Wrench(TW) idea for those without one.
{ here's a link for those with no idea what a Torque Wrench is }
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torque_wrench
If we had people who had a torque wrench they could work out the number
of turns it takes to get the torque limit reached on their bikes
Get a few people to do it on Same size engines.
Then Average the figure.
Then we would have a torque setting for beg-giners
with no Torque wrench, but probably with a socket set.
The starting point would be when you can gently
turn the nut until it stops you tightening.
Or maybe until it hits metal would be the starting point?
Here's my experience:
I went and spent $45 on a micrometer torch wrench
that gives 1 inch pound increments.
here's a pic of one of similar type.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Click-torque-wrench.jpg
The setting in a couple of the online manuals said use
12 foot pound, which I believe is 124 inch pound
(12 inches in a pound right, I mean foot
)
I had a socket wrench, that initially, i used to tighten to varying
amounts. It was a guess.
If I had a number of turns in mind, at least that would
have helped determine how many turns was in the range of being right.
Like the Carbie screw setting of 4 and a half turns.
It may be 4 on some, may be 5 on others, but at least you have a figure
to aim for. That setting done by a newbie could be 3 or 7.
The manual says always tighten the head bolts, a friend told me not to
tighten too much or I'll blow the head. So I ended up buying the tool
to stop my fears of snapping the bolt, or it being the reason
my bike would never start.
So, with my TW, I am going to re-tighten my head bolts from a starting
point.
I'll report back how I started and how many turns for each head-bolt.
Probably later this week.
Some are bound to shoot down this idea,
some are bound to consider the idea.
As Homer says, so easy to criticise, so hard to create.
I think I just found my sig.
CYA
WILL START