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Royal Enfield Motorcycles => Bullet Electra & AVL => Topic started by: greenie on July 10, 2013, 06:52:28 pm

Title: front wheel torque specs
Post by: greenie on July 10, 2013, 06:52:28 pm
getting ready to replace front tire on my 06 electra and can find no torque specs for pinch bolt or axle nut. any suggestions? 
Title: Re: front wheel torque specs
Post by: REpozer on July 10, 2013, 08:04:50 pm
I do it by feel ,...be careful.
I did crack one of the fork to axle pinch plates (aluminum), then purchased metal ones from CMW's.

Title: Re: front wheel torque specs
Post by: D the D on July 10, 2013, 09:03:29 pm
Just checked two different manuals and both just said "tighten" the spindle nut and "tighten" the pinch bolt.  Nothing in the torque tables.  Weird, but this is RE.

REpozer, he's got the new style tubes without the end caps.  His has a spindle bolt like the back wheel and then a "pinch" bolt that tightens one side down on the spindle bolt to keep it from spinning.
Title: Re: front wheel torque specs
Post by: greenie on July 10, 2013, 09:39:41 pm
thx REpozer and D the D...i looked in owners manual and service manual also. i find gorilla gripping is not the way to go...learned that a long time ago, so i'll just fake it. 8)
Title: Re: front wheel torque specs
Post by: D the D on July 11, 2013, 04:01:11 am
Yeah, "tight" doesn't mean ready to strip the threads.  You can judge the feel, and use loktite for a little insurance if you want.  Nut pretty tight, pinch bolt just snug.
Title: Re: front wheel torque specs
Post by: Arizoni on July 11, 2013, 05:45:26 am
I've probably mentioned this before but the amount of force a nut or bolt makes when it is tightened is quite amazing.

Even a little thread like a 6mm can produce a big clamp load.
For instance the "puny" 4 foot pounds (48 inch pounds, 5.424 Nm) applied to one of the bolts that hold the oil filter cap on a UCE will create a clamping load of 102 pounds!

A big thread like a 10mm torqued to 20 foot pounds (27.12 Nm) will produce a load of 3048 pounds.
Title: Re: front wheel torque specs
Post by: KB8ANY on July 16, 2013, 01:52:06 am
Tight, and then a squeak more, has always worked for me, on every bike I have ever had.

Good luck.

Paul
Title: Re: front wheel torque specs
Post by: GSS on July 21, 2013, 04:04:18 am
It is about 55 ft/lb for the C5 axle. Hope this helps!

GSS