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#517533 jd750ace (User) I'm not IN danger, I AM the danger Platinum Boarder Posts: 7986 Re:Advice on Changing Rear Tire 10 Months, 2 Weeks ago   65 is written down somewhere, cuz that's what i've always used.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #517538 SMOKINJOE (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 367 Re:Advice on Changing Rear Tire 10 Months, 2 Weeks ago   + on the grunt method Erbman02 wrote: jvmbike wrote: The nut is also on my exhaust side I have a 27mm box wrench I can slip in between the exhaust, so torquing from the bolt head side is ok, that sure simplifies the tight space issue. the torque calls for 111 ft lbs, so just up it to 116 ft lbs, that is the best, obviously no room for a torque wrench on the exhaust side with the mufflers in place. So I don't need to loosen the axle adjuster nuts at all? the Tq specs are wrong in the manuals. 65lb is fine. I've never used a tq wrench on rear tire, I use the 2 grunt method.   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #517543 jd750ace (User) I'm not IN danger, I AM the danger Platinum Boarder Posts: 7986 Re:Advice on Changing Rear Tire 10 Months, 2 Weeks ago   The 2000 Owner's manual and the 2002 service manual show 108.5 and 110 ft-lb respectively. If these were bolts this large, loaded in tension, these numbers would not be unheard of at all. In the axle arrangement of our bikes, the primary load is in shear, and keeping the stackup in the proper relationship is the primary duty of the axle. It's nut holds the axle in the hole, and places an appropriate clamp-up force on the stack. The front axle is shown at 56 ft-lb. I have used 55 front and 65 rear as sandard for years, when manuals were not available for what I was working. A shop (out of business now) was using a torque wrench (to their credit) on the rear axle of my Shadow, going to 95 Ft-Lb, when the threads pulled off the shaft. I'll be fine with 65 Ft-lb.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #517749 jvmbike (User) Fresh Boarder Posts: 29 Re:Advice on Changing Rear Tire 10 Months, 1 Week ago   Hey jd750ace, I thought 111 ft lbs seems alot, the front is 58 ft lbs, sounds like a good idea to go with the 65 ft lbs. you have given sound advice and by the way, took the tire off today, leaving the mufflers in place, that saves money, and probably grief. Would you use medium strength locktite on the nut?   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #517766 jd750ace (User) I'm not IN danger, I AM the danger Platinum Boarder Posts: 7986 Re:Advice on Changing Rear Tire 10 Months, 1 Week ago   If there is still substantial drag torque on the nut, it wouldn't be necessary, but won't hurt anything. I will say, with nearly 50K on my bike, I'm contemplating replacing the nut at my next tire change. Self-locking nuts don't self lock forever. Without a pinch bolt, like the front, or a cotter pin and castellated nut, like the rear on my other bikes, It will be relatively cheap insurance against loosening. Loctite never hurts, unless it's the wrong grade. 222 (blue) for most fasteners, 271 (red) for the big stuff.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access.

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