Topic: CB550 rocker cover torque - seriously?

[separatist]

Book says 5-8 foot/lbs of torque for rocker cover blots. Seriously? My torque wrench doesn't even go that low. More generally, I find all the torques listed in the book - especially roughly 16 ft/lbs for crankcase and head bolts, to be ridiculously low. Am I wrong?

[754]

Never heard of aluminum before.. Strips threads easily..

[cb650]

whats alalumialumin?  LOL   yes it is that low.

[przjohn]

You need to borrow or buy a correct torque wrench for the smaller bolts. Torque wrenches are not a one size fits all sorry to say.

[Scott S]

 Clutch basket bolts always amazed me. Such low torque for the bolts that hold together the assembly that transmits all that power and torque and shock....crazy.

[alacrity]

Dude... go buy a decent (preferably calibrated) 1/4" drive inch/lbs. torque wrench.  Others will tell you things like, "just get them snug and add 1/4 turn" or some such. This is why calibrated tools were invented in the first place. "Snug" to one person is "OOPS I just broke the damn bolt" to another and "the thing leaks and the camshaft leaps around" to the third.

[Lostboy Steve]

My rocker leaked when I used torque specs. I went around again when it was warm and snugged them a bit more.

[jonda500]

I bought an inch/lbs torque wrench for my honda's, but, seriously, only for tensioning the cylinder heads down!
John