Triumphrat

qbert1

Hello,

I'm getting ready to rejet and replace my float bowl seals. I looked in the Factory Service Manual and couldn't find the torque setting for the float bowl screws. I switched to the allen heads if that makes a difference. Any one know?

I really don't want to strip it out - thought I know I could put a hex nut on the other side with a longer screw. I accidentally did this on a previous bike and would like to save the headache.

Thanks in advance.
BK

chedd

How much torque?
F#$%k All!
Nip them up finger tight, they strip like plastic.

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2005 Bonnie, grab rail, centre stand,taco, ikons, new front springs, bafflectomy.Metal gear front disk & braded line,K&N,no snork,115s,stock needle.

doctorjay

Do they make a torque wrench for allen head nuts? I just put mine on snug and tightened them down as usual. No problems.....

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Thriumph Thunderbird SE 2010

qbert1

Good to know. I figured since they were so tight initially from the factory, perhaps there was a reason.

qbert1

I bought an allen socket set. 3 mil was the smallest in the set.

MikeinLA

The SS allen head screws cut through the pot-metal carbs like butter, VERY easy to strip the hole. Please don't ask me how I know this. (At least it was on the top, not the bottom).

Mike

Baltobonneville

Use matching split-ring lock washers and tighten them enough to just fully compress the lock washers and no more than that.

This is one of the fasteners on the bike that should not be "torqued" at all, just tightened barely-tight.

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Marty
2005 Bonneville Blue 790cc, AI removed, Staintunes RC, Unifilter, no snorkel, 118/40/Thrux needle/1 shim/3 turns, tachometer, Ikon 7610s in back, Ricor Intiminators in front, Pirelli Sport Demons, D9 gauge panel.

qbert1

Good advice.

So what trained gorilla in England spun these screws the first time?

MONTTU

Sometimes things seems more complicated than they are.

20 years ago I had an old Skoda rear engine car which type was notorius of burning head gaskets. I did not help the situation that I milled 2mm from head, grinded cam and had a 40mm double Weber to get some performance to old east block car.

Well, gasget blew and me and my friend started to change it in his carage. We consumed serious quantities of beer and vodka even before starting job and more during operation. Next thing I remeber was that I was at home next day noon. I remembered something form the night clubs and bars of previous night. I thought that headgasget overhaul was not done because I did not remember anything of that.

I went to carage and was surprised to see that car was in one piece, everything looked fine. I tried th look for torque wrench to see if we have used one. Friend came to carage and told that he has never had one so we have not used one. He did not remember anything either.

I hesitated a moment, went into car and started it. Everything worked fine and I drove 40000 kilometers with it and sold it away...

Sometimes you have to believe that hand knows the torque well enough...even though brain does not.

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