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Socalrider
Posted on Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 07:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

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
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Buellistic
Posted on Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 08:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

SoCalRider:

You have mail !!!
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Jim2
Posted on Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 08:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

See this post for torque and procedure:

http://www.badweatherbikers.com/cgibin/discus/show .cgi?tpc=3842&post=754921#POST754921
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Socalrider
Posted on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 08:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

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:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

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. : )
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Oldog
Posted on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 11:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

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.
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Bluzm2
Posted on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 11:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

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.
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Oldog
Posted on Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 08:34 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

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.
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Arizona_buell
Posted on Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 09:14 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Yeah I was wondering about the rear isolators myself. And or the front isolator.
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Kalali
Posted on Friday, August 30, 2013 - 09:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

"ALL of my critical fasteners get this process..."
Your bike must look like orange polka dots under black night...
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