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Kilroy
Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2013 - 07:15 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Anybody have the torque specs, or installation instructions for the Buell carbon fiber ham can cover? I don't want my new (by way of RSM688) carbon fiber cover flying off the bike because I torqued the bolts wrong or didn't use loctite, etc.

Thx in advance

Kilroy
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Stev0
Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2013 - 07:26 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I use loctite 262, red. Just a drop on all the bolts and do them up firm...
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Kilroy
Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2013 - 08:00 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I can't imagine they would call for red loctite on these 2 fasteners
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Coxster
Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2013 - 08:57 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

262 is for fasteners in the 3/4" range, mostly chassis/engine. Use 243 ( no-prime blue ) on anything 1/4" and up, and keep the new purple 222 around for carbs, instruments, controls, etc. Another good thing about thread locking is the barrier it creates to keep moisture out of your fasteners and limits corrosion. I work in a $400M wastewater plant (top ten in the US for water quality) where loc-tite training is a way of life. 222 and 243 cover 98% of my Buell repairs and upgrades
http://www.loctiteproducts.com/product_advisor/pro jects/index.pl/3/2/21
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Rsm688
Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2013 - 09:00 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Kilroy, I just snugged them down (don't tighten too much and break the black plastic spacer. They were just as tight when I removed it as when I installed it.

-spencer-
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1313
Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2013 - 12:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

True Loctite brand Loctite blue is very weak. Permabond blue is much stronger yet still temporary. Whereas Loctite and Permabond red - both 'permanent' - are pretty similar.

I use Permabond blue and I'm sure that in the past I used Loctite blue - until the night I got home missing my carbon air cleaner cover, trim plate and filter.

Luckily I just retraced my steps the next morning and found everything - minus one screw...
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Kilroy
Posted on Friday, January 11, 2013 - 03:50 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

thanks
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Jayvee
Posted on Friday, January 11, 2013 - 03:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Regardless of the comparative strength, the reason I don't use Loctite brand Blue is because it comes in a RED tube!
Always confuses my near-sighted mechanic.


(Message edited by jayvee on January 11, 2013)
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