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Socalrider
| Posted on Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 07:34 pm: |
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Does anyone know the torque specifications for the front mount on a 2000 M2 Road in today and went to wipe down my bike and found that the right side was snapped in two. I can’t find it in my service manual or in the knowledge vault. Thanks’ in advance Ed |
Buellistic
| Posted on Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 08:35 pm: |
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SoCalRider: You have mail !!! |
Jim2
| Posted on Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 08:36 pm: |
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See this post for torque and procedure: http://www.badweatherbikers.com/cgibin/discus/show .cgi?tpc=3842&post=754921#POST754921 |
Socalrider
| Posted on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 08:13 pm: |
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Thanks for the help Thanks Buellistic for the e-mail Here’s a pick of what I had to deal with. The bolts did not have locktight on them and had come lose. Not knowing that they did not get checked now they will. Ed
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Ratbuell
| Posted on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 10:11 pm: |
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Once you torque them, MARK THEM. I use a dot of bright orange touchup paint. Put it where you can see it at a glance. Make sure it gets on both the bolt, and the mount. Check weekly, if not before each ride. One solid dot? Ride. Two misaligned dots? The bolt turned. Don't ride. Troubleshoot, retorque, re-mark. ALL of my critical fasteners get this process when I torque them. Engine mounts. Shifter bolts. Drain plugs. Pinch bolts. Axles. Caliper mount bolts. Primary cover bolts. Swingarm bridge bolts. If I put a tool on it...I mark it when I'm done. My pre-ride checks take about...oh...eight seconds. |
Oldog
| Posted on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 11:10 pm: |
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great idea Joe the broken motor mount is not uncommon, while its apart socal, the surfaces must be flat and the threads in the head must be in clean and in good condition, else you will get a do-over the common preferred fix is the American Sport Bike billet mount with new bolts. |
Bluzm2
| Posted on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 11:45 pm: |
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What Dog said. The two bolt bosses on the head MUST be flat and in the same plane. I'll bet money that the leg on the left in the picture above doesn't have a flat fayng surface, it will be rockered from top to bottom. The other side most likely has a little bit too. If these surfaces are rockered, so are the bosses in the head. |
Oldog
| Posted on Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 08:34 am: |
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as a side thought check the rear rubber mounts these can be dying and over loading the front mount. I second what Brad said above, check those surfaces, the distorted faces were on my motor mount, when the bolt broke. |
Arizona_buell
| Posted on Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 09:14 am: |
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Yeah I was wondering about the rear isolators myself. And or the front isolator. |
Kalali
| Posted on Friday, August 30, 2013 - 09:20 pm: |
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"ALL of my critical fasteners get this process..." Your bike must look like orange polka dots under black night... |
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