• Fitting some wunderlich crash bars to the urban gs today.
    I went easy as I read an account on line of a chap over tightening only to see oil leak out as he’d perforated the block I guess.
    Instructions called for loctite, but I hand tightened and used copaslip and after I’ve torqued them up I’ll mark up and keep an eye out ..ok ?
    Acceptable practice ?

  • Ah you have entered in to the debate of lubricating threads, and is coppaslip the right thing to use with aluminium around.

    From off the top of my head the over-tightening the rocker cover bolts slightly deforms the rocker cover so the oil finds a way out.

  • after I’ve torqued them up

    I was about to say torque settings with lubricant can be a dangerous game to play, ask me how I know. If this was a figure of speech ignore me.

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