oil filter cover studs

[davidduarte]

Well done David, those nuts will never come off now. Especially now they are torqued up to the correct tension.

A year ago I bought a small 1/4" torque wrench for doing up all the 6mm nuts and bolts on the 550/650, especially for the valve cover and such things. Last thing you want is a stripped thread in the cylinder head for valve cover bolts. Si I now torque all the 6mm nuts as a matter of course -- for one thing you can be sure it does not strip the alloy in the head, etc. and another benefit is the correct torque is applied to prevent leaks, etc. from the parts concerned.

So Nyloc nuts + new "O" ring + correct torque = no leaks and no nuts falling off or coming undone.

So all you need to do now is the same task on the 850.

Don, what is the correct torque on those nuts? I can't seem to find it in my Clymer's manual. As for the 850, I no longer have it. That's another story

 

[Suzuki_Don]

Don, what is the correct torque on those nuts? I can't seem to find it in my Clymer's manual. As for the 850, I no longer have it. That's another story

Hi. The torque for the Oil Filter Cover Nuts is .6 to .8 kg-m or 4.5 to 6.0 lb-ft