Oil Filter Cover Nuts

[cujosocal]

Forgive me if this IS posted else where... I checked a bit and didn't see the answer i'm looking for.

Can any tell me what the 3 nuts on the oil filter cover are to be torqued to? I tightened them down snug but am afraid of striping something. I do have a very slight leak coming from the cover itself (a seep more like it)...

Thanks!

[Egaeus]

Not much at all.  They break very very easily.  Have you checked the seal?  You should have gotten a replacement with your filter.

[cujosocal]

Not much at all.  They break very very easily.  Have you checked the seal?  You should have gotten a replacement with your filter.

Darn Suzuki dealer.... didn't give me a O-Ring!    (OEM Filter I assume...came in a blister pack). This was my first oil change on this bike. Didn't know what I needed. I guess i'll have to go back and get the seal. The old one must be too "squished". I snugged the nuts down pretty good with a socket wrench. I tried to take a torque wrench to it, but was afraid to break something. Some specs would be nice just to make sure all 3 nuts are tightened the same... 

[Egaeus]

Well, according to some on this board, 5 lb-ft is too much, so you'd probably need an oz-in torque wrench if you didn't have one.

Wix filters are fairly good, and they come with the seal.  Just be sure to get part 24931 and NOT 51359.  51359 is a spin-on filter that doesn't fit. 

[cujosocal]

Well, according to some on this board, 5 lb-ft is too much, so you'd probably need an oz-in torque wrench if you didn't have one.

Wix filters are fairly good, and they come with the seal.  Just be sure to get part 24931 and NOT 51359.  51359 is a spin-on filter that doesn't fit. 

Whoa! 5lbs?? lol... no wonder when I set it for 10lbs I had this feeling I should stop before it clicked! Good thing I did eh?
Since i don't have an .oz wrench, I guess "snug" on each nut will have to do!

Thanks for the advise... I'll check out Wix next time!

[Egaeus]

No problem.  Just passing on what I've learned here. 

[ashman]

avoid the dealer, they charged me the same price for the gasket as the auto parts place does for the gasket and filter. 

-ash

[RedShift]

I've found that coating the oil cover gasket trough with a good helping of grease (white lithium or molybdenum based, doesn't seem to matter).  It does two things for me:

• Provides a nice bed for the gasket to lay in so it doesn't fall out and get pinched with you do up the cap nuts.
• Provides an additional sealing surface so you don't have to pull up as tightly on the cap nuts to get a seal.

I get the nuts "snug" (a technical term used by Owners and Clymer manuals), start the bike up and let'er run for 10 minutes.  If I don't notice any oil drip, I'm done.  If I'm not sure, I twist on the caps just a titch more and that usually does it.  I've never had it leak anytime later -- if it holds after the 10-minute run, it has sealed 'til the next oil change.

[Mandres]

finger tight then another 1/2 turn with the wrench always does the trick for me 

[cujosocal]

Still reading! Thanks again! 

[Cal Amari]

AFAIK, there's no such thing as "oz-in" torque wrenches; check this link:

http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=24331.msg250386#msg250386

Hope that helps to clarify things; in that same thread, Trwhouse listed the proper torque spec as being 5 FT.-LBS., which is equal to 60 inch-pounds on an INCH-LBS. torque wrench, such as the Craftsman TW I provided the link to.

Here it is again:

Craftsman INCH-LBS. Torque Wrench

[Egaeus]

AFAIK, there's no such thing as "oz-in" torque wrenches; check this link:

http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=24331.msg250386#msg250386

Hope that helps to clarify things; in that same thread, Trwhouse listed the proper torque spec as being 5 FT.-LBS., which is equal to 60 inch-pounds on an INCH-LBS. torque wrench, such as the Craftsman TW I provided the link to.

Here it is again:

Craftsman INCH-LBS. Torque Wrench

Yeah, you're right.  I was thinking about that, and I did a bit of math, and thought to myself, "That would be one sensitive torque wrench."  It's inch-lbs.