plafferty2008 wrote on 03/27/10 at 11:39:30:Thanks That's what I did.
The next problem I have is that when torquing the head cover bolts I broke a bolt.
I used the bolt torque spec that is posted on this website but I must have used the value for the wrong bolts.
From the chart I used "Cylinder, head-to cylinder nuts (8mm) 17.0-19.9 ft-lb"
I measured the bolts and they are only 6mm. Too much torque for these! Bummer.
Can anyone tell me what the proper torque is?
Thanks.
Patrick
For my bike (see signature), the torque for the head cover bolts is 6 to 8.5 ft-lbs. I generally use anti-seize on these bolts and torque them to about 6.5 ft-lbs.
See my 15 MAY 10 post in this thread:
http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1099227295/90#90for the torque order I use.
IHTH!