Does anybody around South Auckland with torque wrenches have some time?

[VaagVerhaal]

Need to replace my top steering stem nut and possibly remove my steering damper to do that and reattach it again afterwards.

For the nut I need 78Nm and the steering damper 6-24Nm.

[tigertim20]

Just go and buy one. It will pay for itself when used in conjunction with a manual.

[Sable]

Nah man, there's not even a single person in the ENTIRETY of Auckland with one of those.

[Akzle]

Nah man, there's not even a single person in the ENTIRETY of Auckland with one of those.

to prove it: i have two, and i'm not in auckland!.

must be true!

((i will be in akl sometime over the next month... if it isn't urgent i'll bring one down, it'll be 1/2" drive (BYO sockets) and i tink it only winds down to 20 or 25Nm))

[VaagVerhaal]

Just go and buy one. It will pay for itself when used in conjunction with a manual.

If they weren't so expensive and if I wasn't here just for 3 months I'd consider it...

to prove it: i have two, and i'm not in auckland!.

must be true!

((i will be in akl sometime over the next month... if it isn't urgent i'll bring one down, it'll be 1/2" drive (BYO sockets) and i tink it only winds down to 20 or 25Nm))

Thanks for the offer!, but its a bit more urgent.

[DEATH_INC.]

I've got a smaller wrench (I think I have a 3/8 one..maybe even 1/4. If you get really stuck I can bring one home from work. But in reality, neither of those things are critical to torque up, use loctite on the damper mount and just tighten it by hand, and the stem nut can pretty much be as tight as you can get it...

[actungbaby]

Need to replace my top steering stem nut and possibly remove my steering damper to do that and reattach it again afterwards.

For the nut I need 78Nm and the steering damper 6-24Nm.

if its just the top chrome nut you dont need a torque wrench and to take of the total Thing

its more hammer and drift for the locking ring under the top plate and then going by how the steering feels when you turn it , not to tight or loose , i got to do mine as no doubt my steering stem is bent well know the botom plate is.

[Macontour]

Just do what lots of people do......tighten it until the thread strips then back it off half a turn!!!

[FJRider]

Need to replace my top steering stem nut and possibly remove my steering damper to do that and reattach it again afterwards.

For the nut I need 78Nm and the steering damper 6-24Nm.

REMOVE / REPLACE ... tighten ... ride to bike shop to torque up.

DONE.


Or ... Chuck it in the tide and claim insurance.

[Akzle]

...and the stem nut can pretty much be as tight as you can get it...

uhh. if it's the stem nut that holds some kind of bearing then this is the opposite of good advice. bearings need either no pre-load, or a specified pre-load. wrenching the fuck out of it is a bad idea.

(steering head needs < pre-load )

[imdying]

uhh. if it's the stem nut that holds some kind of bearing then this is the opposite of good advice. bearings need either no pre-load, or a specified pre-load. wrenching the fuck out of it is a bad idea.

(steering head needs < pre-load )

I don't know why you even venture into the technical forums; everything you post is incorrect. Have you ever even seen the triples on a 98 ZX6R?

[bogan]

I don't know why you even venture into the technical forums; everything you post is incorrect. Have you ever even seen the triples on a 98 ZX6R?

Or pretty much any other bike... Upper nut holds the yoke, lower nut (which probably has a locknut as well) preloads the bearing.

I'd agree with the tighten the fuck out of it advice, but add that you should only use a standard size spanner or strongarm.

[Crasherfromwayback]

uhh. if it's the stem nut that holds some kind of bearing then this is the opposite of good advice. bearings need either no pre-load, or a specified pre-load. wrenching the fuck out of it is a bad idea.

(steering head needs < pre-load )

You're once more showing us the devastating effects of smoking too much hooch. Go back to the stoner/dreamer threads where you belong.

[imdying]

You're once more showing us the devastating effects of smoking too much hooch. Go back to the stoner/dreamer threads where you belong.

John Britten was a huge stoner, so smoking some marijuana doesn't appear to affect ones ability to work on bikes... I'm going with dropped on the head as a baby.

[Crasherfromwayback]

John Britten was a huge stoner, so smoking some marijuana doesn't appear to affect ones ability to work on bikes... I'm going with dropped on the head as a baby.

That's because John Britten actually had a brain in the first place though.