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From: Alan on 10 Dec 2009 07:40 Mark Olson wrote: > zymurgy wrote: > >> Seriously, i've been torqueing by feel for over 25 years now. The only >> bolts that I religiously torque are head bolts, as it's usually best >> to get a consistent torque across the piece, particularly with >> aluminium heads. >> >> The only bolt I broke recently was using a torque wrench, as I was >> bolting down the crankshaft bearing journals on Nige's old firestorm. >> 2 of the bolts stretched, needing replacements from Honda. I should >> have used 'feel' instead ;) > > Were those bearing cap bolts oiled at all, by any chance? Usually > torque specs are for dry threads. An amusing adherence to this rule > is displayed by Yamaha, the oil drain bolt in many an FJR has stripped > the threads in the sump because of course it is next to impossible to > get the threads dry after the oil has just drained through it, and > trusting neophytes faithfully apply the 35 ft-lb the manual says to > use... > > And were they torque-to-yield, meaning they all should have been new? Scary but true. A recent urgent safety note from Boing about Bell412 helicopters. It seems the bolts used to attach the rotor head to the gearbox output have to be dry torqued but they caught an employee dipping them in oil "bcause they went in easier" -- Alan ZX10 - Gren of course Triumph Tiger 955i
From: darsy on 10 Dec 2009 07:47 On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:40:59 +0000, Alan <alanb_stard(a)nospambtopenworld.com> wrote: >ZX10 - Gren of course whilst, in general, life's too short to proof-read Usenet, having a typo in one's .sig is somewhat infra dig. -- d.
From: Champ on 10 Dec 2009 08:17 On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:47:46 +0000, darsy <darsy(a)sticky.co.uk> wrote: >On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:40:59 +0000, Alan ><alanb_stard(a)nospambtopenworld.com> wrote: > >>ZX10 - Gren of course > >whilst, in general, life's too short to proof-read Usenet, having a >typo in one's .sig is somewhat infra dig. Maybe he was using the phonetic spelling i.e. \gren\ -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: Pip on 10 Dec 2009 08:39 In article <56t1i5l1phqjbhtq132stk0mifqp02gqlq(a)4ax.com>, Champ says... > On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:47:46 +0000, darsy <darsy(a)sticky.co.uk> wrote: > > >On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:40:59 +0000, Alan > ><alanb_stard(a)nospambtopenworld.com> wrote: > > > >>ZX10 - Gren of course > > > >whilst, in general, life's too short to proof-read Usenet, having a > >typo in one's .sig is somewhat infra dig. > > Maybe he was using the phonetic spelling i.e. \gren\ > -- > Champ > We declare that the splendor of the world As opposed to the American spelling, as demonstrated to great effect by yourself, above. -- Pip, the "Mechanical Nightmare" (tm Bonwick Major)
From: CT on 10 Dec 2009 08:54
Pip wrote: > As opposed to the American spelling, as demonstrated to great effect > by yourself, above. Aiiieeeeeee! -- Chris |