Torquing down base nuts

[bansheeigo]

When i try to tighten cylinder base nuts down i can only use a rench,i've tried universal joints,small sockets with exstention.I'm afriad to use crows feet because it might strip the nut if i torque it down.Its hard to get anything in those spots.So how do you guys torque down those cylinder base nuts?

[kenr74]

I've always just used a socket, extension, and ratchet. On the tight ones just put the socket on first and then put the extension into the socket as far as you can. That way if anything is slipping it will be the connection between the socket and extension.

[rebelbanshee2]

i just use a wrench and torque em by hand. they do make so tool doo-hicky that goes on your torque wrend and has an open end that goes on the nut

[sheeweet]

If that's your shee in that pic it sure is a beauty!

[svtkid78]

Did you build that bike like that, or buy it? Reason I ask is it looks very similar to a friend that sold his.

[prichard9966]

i got a big snap-on toolbox full of shit and still ended up using a wrench. just make sure to torque everything evenly. if you want you can practice on a bolt on anything in your garage. alternate between your torque wrench and wrench until you get a feel for it with the wrench. then put her together.

[knight_ripper]

I just did mine two nights ago. I know what you mean. I just put a small socket on them, then stuck the rachet extension into it. So the slip was at the extender, not the nut. It worked great!

 

Use an open ended wrench if your not worried about your torque.

[hamuel]

you can't use a extenction with a torque wrench?

[theeechozen1]

a swivel makes it real easy, but its not hard without one

[bansheeigo]

SVTKID78,yes thats my quad its a 97 and when i bought it brand new the tank and radiator was red.I bought the black plastic four years ago.i put in over 5800 bucks

into it.sorry i waited to long to answer your question,i've been on vacation.It looks like you live in Florida but i live so. cal. it could'nt be your friend's bike.

Later,SVTKID78

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You can get a torque wrench on all the nuts except the two front ones with an extension and the gas tank off. Just realize how much pressure your putting on the nut when using the torque wrench and then use wrench to tighten down the other 2 with the same amount of pressure

[DUNEDEMON]

i live so. cal.

Good looking bike, where about in So Cal do you live?

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also wanted to add, I saw guys working on a top fuel engine this weekend and when they were torquing lifters or something the guy had this wrench that attached to a torque wrench that would work perfect for the 2 bolts I'm talking about (It's probably got a multiplier conversion you'd have to do to set the right ft/lbs).

 

Those guys have so much money. That one bolt that needed the torque wrench at that little adapter wrench.....it was sitting in the tool tray by itself with its own torque wrench......guess its better to have it that way when you have 45 minutes to completely tear an engine apart and put it back together.

[boonman]

Them people are sick, ain't it Abyss? Man, I love watchin them folks work. On the base bolts, I ALWAYS have torqued them by "feel". With a 12mm wrench. I have never used a torque wrench on base nuts. And if you use a crow's foot, (the tool that goes on a ratchet or extension that looks like an open end wrench, you must change your torque setting, because it will not be correct. And someone asked if you can use an extension with a torque wrench, and the answer is yes. As long as you are not deviating from the centerline of the ratchet head of the wrench itself. (as a crow's foot does)....

[bansheeigo]

Thanks DUNEDEMON,I live real close to the colorado river(3 miles away)just on the otherside of Arizona on I-10.I just live 60 miles away from Glamis, i'm going to Glamis on 10-30-04 with a couple of friend from here and Phoenix.

Later.