Oil Filter cover.

[Cal Price]

I know we have had loads of posts about breaking the bolts by overtightening and all sorts of remedies. Does anyone know in terms of torque what the correct tightening should be. Mr Suzuki's handbook is next to useless, "Tighten the bolts but be careful not to overtighten" Big help that. Whilst we are at it, is there a recomendation for the drain plug or does one just wrench it?

Must get a Haynes or Clymers.

[RVertigo]

Drain Plug: 20-25 Nm...  (Don't have a "US" value)

Oil Filter Cover:   :dunno:  Not much!  

[RedShift]

Cal,

Don't buy the Clymer manual just to get this info.  It's not there.

Yesterday I went looking in it to reply back to the PLEASE HELP; oil filter cover stud is broken thread.

On Page 68, the only direction you get is to fasten it Securely, and it's up to the one with the wrench to decide what that takes.  (I think it's at least a quarter turn past Snug.)  

I did pass a generic table of torque specifications that recommended that a 6mm bolt should get 3-5 ft-lbs. (Table 5, Page 33, Clymer manual)  Beats me if that's snug or secure.  

Postscript: I'd still get the Clymer manual.  Well worth the $25 I spent.

[Cal Price]

Thanks for that, I had the dealer do a two-year service last week just a day or two before the warranty ran out and now I notice that oil is leaking. My first instinct was just to pull up the nuts a bit but being aware that several members have come to grief over this I thought I would try and find out. Your' right about "snug" etc, like tighten but don't overtighten, very helpfull.

I will probably take it back and let him do it, all the time the bike was covered by warranty I have let them do everything so they can finish this one correctly. A workshop manual has now become a "must have" item.

[RedShift]

Cal, I've also "pulled up" on the cap nuts in response to a "drip", and cringed in doing it when I though they were already at the "secure".  

I'm convinced that the "grease in the grove" trick is the way to get a drip-proof seal.  Holding gasket in place is a nice bonus.  

Roy...

[RVertigo]

They should fix their screw-up...  If not, pick up a couple studs before you pull the plate off...  They're less than a buck-fiddy.

I had a slight leak and tried tightening the nut...  That's how I broke mine.  Then I pulled the plate off and saw that the gasket wasn't seated.   :x   So...  Check the gasket FIRST!  

BTW:  You can pull the plate off without losing much oil if you center-stand it and weight down the back.