Knowing my luck...

It'll be pissing down when I go all the way to Abingdon on my CG125 on
boxing day.

Bandit needs a new tyre, FZR needs a new shim on 1 valve.

 

If only, it needs a smaller shim coz there is no clearance. That's why
I can't use it. Now to find out what the torque of the cam shaft bearing
caps is supposed to be.

 

Muck says...

Somewhere between 0 and 100lb/ft should be about right

 

"Tighten to shear then back two flats"

 

The quintessential ukrm answer.

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

6mm bolts/studs? Usually around 15-18lb/ft (don't offhand recall the
metric thingy).
Yer index finger on a 5" spanner.

--

Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10

 

Grimly Curmudgeon says...

Firestorm - 21 Nm[1]
ZX-6R - 12 Nm
GSF600/1200 Bandit - 10 Nm
Zephyr 550/750 - 12 Nm
CB750/900F - 12 Nm
ZX-9R - 12 Nm
ZZR1100 - 12 Nm

I'd guess that about 12 Nm would be about right.

[1] I think Mr Haynes may be telling lies, but that's what his book
says.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Mark Olson

I've said this before, but when I do drag a torque wrench out for
stuff-wot-matters, I'm always surprised by how little "oomph" is needed.

I clearly spend most of my time over-tightening the less critical stuff.

--
Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

Nigel Eaton wrote

AOL

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

I think that's what's caused the mis-recollection [1] on my part. I'm
sure the HBoL for the GSs says something similar for the camcap bolts,
ie, too high.

[1] Not an incorrect memory as such; a memory of incorrect information.

--

Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10

 

Grimly Curmudgeon says...

IIRC the cam cap bolts on my old GS550 had a torque value of 8 lb/ft.

 

As it's a tiddly 250, I'll stick to between 8 and 10 lb/ft if I can't
find out for definite. I'll do some more research, but info about the
internals of the FZR250 is a little hard to come by.

 

Muck says...

Engine capacity has no bearing on the torque value, it's down to the
size of the bolt. I think you'll find they are 6mm, in which case 12 Nm
should be about right.

 

Yeh, I was just saying in my fuddled way that it will be a small bolt.