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Front axle bolts Torque setting
The manual says 51nm , Is that Right ? Seems pretty tight & I dont want to strip anything.
Talking about the four bolts ,not the allen bolt that keeps the axle from sliding through ,that just spins after its tight. |
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gotta be wrong. a guess would be closer to 20-25nm.
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Those bolts that use 10mm wrench are sized as 6mm. Torque spec from Engineershandbook.com is 5ft lbs.
http://www.engineershandbook.com/Tables/torque1.htm Converted that is 6.78nm http://www.convertunits.com/from/ft+lb/to/N+m Not sure what GG calls for but those little bolts can't handle too much torque, either can the aluminum body of the fork. I use 1/4" drive socket and ratchet and snug them without physically pulling on the ratchet. Make sure you alternate back and forth to be acurate.
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if you mean front axel clamp bolts the torque table for an ec250 says 15nm, 11ft.lbs.
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I guess They didnt mean the 4 clamp bolts . My 300 Manual doesn't list those ,just front axle 51nm ,I guess thats what confused me .Anyway I found a 200 manual and it list them ,axle clamp nuts @ 4 nm .
What is the front axle listed @ 51nm ? |
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yeah, 4nm sounds a lot better with steel bolts going into aluminum.
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As far as 51nm for the front axle bolt I think that is still high for an aluminum bolt. I used to torque mine close to 30ft lbs and one day the head of it was gone. Dang aluminum bolts anyhow I rode the whole next week without it because it's really only there to seat the axle against the forks and wheel bearings before tightening down the 4 clamping bolts. The 4 6mm bolts hold it all together. And they did fine job of it the whole time. Personally I would trust a respected torque table rather than the GG manual but you must take into account that torque tables are talking steel to steel, not aluminum to steel like a lot of the bike stuff is. Aluminum to steel (and vice-versa) is usually going to be less. And don't forget the anti-seize compound!
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