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Midknyte
Posted on Tuesday, June 06, 2006 - 01:21 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

So, what do you all figure the chances are of a properly tightened/torqued drain plug working its' way loose?
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M1combat
Posted on Tuesday, June 06, 2006 - 01:41 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Not likely... a stripped one maybe?
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Mikej
Posted on Tuesday, June 06, 2006 - 09:40 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Not likely as noted, but sometimes stuff happens, that's why there is safety wire on race bikes.
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Kurosawa
Posted on Tuesday, June 06, 2006 - 12:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

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.
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Spatten1
Posted on Tuesday, June 06, 2006 - 12:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

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?
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