Maint Guide: Critical Fasteners?
#12
10-02-2009, 08:21 AM
The 2009 Touring service manual says that they way THEY want you to check tightness of critical fasteners is to set the torque wrench to the low end of the torque range specified for the fastener, then attempt to tighten the fastener. If it doesn't move, OK. If it does, then remove the fastener to see if there is a thread locking agent. If so, reapply the thread locker and retorque; if not, just retorque.
That's not technically the best way to retorque fasteners, since there is some amount of initial friction to be overcome before the fastener starts to move. But I think it's a valid way to do this job, since what you are looking for is a fastener which has loosened since it was last checked. I think that they decided to do it this way to avoid all the work involved in reapplying thread locker to every fastener that originally had it, every time the service is performed.
That's not technically the best way to retorque fasteners, since there is some amount of initial friction to be overcome before the fastener starts to move. But I think it's a valid way to do this job, since what you are looking for is a fastener which has loosened since it was last checked. I think that they decided to do it this way to avoid all the work involved in reapplying thread locker to every fastener that originally had it, every time the service is performed.
#14
10-02-2009, 11:13 AM
Originally Posted by BigGdawg 
The Jesus nut is one such critical fastener.
The Jesus nut is one such critical fastener.
That is the nut that if it comes loose you will say, "Jesus!" just before you have your chance to meet him. 
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