Torque setting

[ellipsis]

I'm fucked if I can find any technical specs for a 1981 DR500. I just want to find out what the big nut holding the clutch basket on, torque setting would be. It's certainly got to be more than the finger tight one I am looking at now. Which I'm guessing is why the clutch was not working properly...

[sidecar bob]

Half a dozen good oogadooga's with the half inch rattle gun set on three.

[ellipsis]

...thought so, sounds accurate enough for me...haven't got one so a bit of armstrong motion will have to suffice...

[HenryDorsetCase]

You guys are slipping. No one has said "tighten till it strips then back it off quarter of a turn". Also if the architecture is similar to other "big" suzukis of the time you could get a ballpark from that: thinking RM370/RM400/DR370 that sort of thing.

[onearmedbandit]

I had a look around, had better luck searching for SP500 of the same year, found a few manuals online but they wanted me to sign up to get them.

[Kickaha]

People use torque wrenches for this sort of shit ?

[ellipsis]

People use torque wrenches for this sort of shit ?

...generally not I, but was interested to know whether it was tight or fucking tight...it would just mean the difference between one good blow with a heavy thing or two...and it's not my clutch:innocent:...

[Drew]

I've only ever guessed it with a decent size bar. But 'fucken tight' is the goal.

[ellipsis]

...cheers all...it's technically clear to me now...fucking tight is the new torque setting...:niceone:

[F5 Dave]

Just don't go to Really Fucking Tight.

GRUNT. . OHHH!!

Blimey! Ahh. Ooow.

. . . I wonder if I gave that a tack of weld? :shifty:

[HenryDorsetCase]

I had a look around, had better luck searching for SP500 of the same year, found a few manuals online but they wanted me to sign up to get them.

I got a DR600 manual which I thought might give a clue.... yeah, its in Cherman.

[sidecar bob]

I got a DR600 manual which I thought might give a clue.... yeah, its in Cherman.

Does it say schneizentite?