| Author | Message | ||
     Midknyte |
So, what do you all figure the chances are of a properly tightened/torqued drain plug working its' way loose? | ||
| M1combat |
Not likely... a stripped one maybe? | ||
| Mikej |
Not likely as noted, but sometimes stuff happens, that's why there is safety wire on race bikes. | ||
| Kurosawa |
Safety wire is a good idea. I always figured on a fresh o-ring working well enough, but yeah, maybe I should get safety wire. I don't like the idea of things coming undone. Off topic, but I just removed and torqued my flywheel sprocket nut to the new spec after reading all the horror stories. I seem to remember my '71 BSA Lightning having lock washers on sprocket nuts (unlike my R) where you'd torque down the nut, then get a screwdriver and hammer and bend this washer up against one of the flats of the nut (the washer had a tab that fit into a hole in the sprocket face). It was a good idea. You could re-use the washer if you bent back a different spot. | ||
| Spatten1 |
Yeah, It is ironic that the Buell mainshaft sprocket has 1) reverse thread 2) threadlocker and 3) an 1/8" locking plate and two bolts that weighs 1/2 a pound. The flywheel nut just has threadlocker and it has to be tightened to a ridiculous torque value. What are they thinking? |
