Oil change

[twocool]

Lmao @ this thread. Stop fighting or Buddha will turn the forum off again!

The service manual says 14-1/2 ~ 18 lb-ft for the oil drain plug.

4MM  0.7 ~1.5 lb.ft
5MM  1.5 ~ 3.0
6MM  3.0 ~ 5.0
8mm 7.0~ 11.5

Can I ask why the manual gives the torque specs in lb.ft when the GS uses the metric system? Or is the manual American?

Uh...the manual (suzuki service manual) gives torque values in three systems.....two are metric system....one is "American"

KG-m......N-m.....and.... Lb-Ft......it is the wrench which cares which system, not the bike!  My wrenches have both N-m and lb-ft  anyway.   To convert... KG-m and N-m you just have to move the decimal point one place....for lb-inch miltiply lb-ft by 12.

Not rocket science.....torque wrench is so simple a cave man could use it!


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[twocool]

Logic and rhetorical question:

We know that many guys have broken or stripped the oil filter cover nuts or studs.  We also now that many have messed up the oil drain plug head or threads.

Question:

Has anybody stripped out these items WHEN USING A TORQUE WRENCH ??  Anybody?


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[Kijona]

Logic and rhetorical question:

We know that many guys have broken or stripped the oil filter cover nuts or studs.  We also now that many have messed up the oil drain plug head or threads.

Question:

Has anybody stripped out these items WHEN USING A TORQUE WRENCH ??  Anybody?


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Not on the GS but I was fool enough to use a torque wrench on the drain plug of my 1990 F-150. It was a Craftsman brand "clicky" type and I set it according to the directions and guess what happened? (Is a 351 Windsor, not the 302, FYI)

The only point I ever tried to make is that someone who isn't familiar with torque wrenches, changing oil, or any of the sort...shouldn't be using one on something like the oil filter cover or oil plug. Not only do they generate more overall torque due to their length, they can also deceive someone who isn't experienced into thinking "gee...it didn't click, I'm not turning hard enough" so that hand moves out to the end of the wrench then SNAP there goes the damn stud. Don't forget the fact that the most common type of torque wrench is "clicky" type and those lose their calibration quite easily if not stored properly or just over time - ESPECIALLY at their low end.

I think it was McNinja that said something about "1/4 turn past hand tight" and that is honestly, the best advice to give any newbie. It's easy to understand, is usually more than sufficient for most fasteners, and will keep someone from breaking something. Good call, man. Now if you'd just stop bashing the GS! 

[ivany]

I think it was McNinja that said something about "1/4 turn past hand tight" and that is honestly, the best advice to give any newbie. It's easy to understand, is usually more than sufficient for most fasteners, and will keep someone from breaking something. Good call, man. Now if you'd just stop bashing the GS! 

Pretty sure this will destroy the filter studs - I don't remember turning these more than 1/8th turn or so past tight. You really don't need much force there, they're not holding two stressed parts together, they just compress the little rubber o-ring. That's all. Barely past seated is sufficient for this.

[slipperymongoose]

People please. 1/4 turn 1/8 turn, just tighten the bloody nuts so they won't come off how's that? Weather you use a socket, a torque wrench, your bare hands, a cosmic panda, a spanner, a sonic screwdriver, a crack prostitute. Just make sure the nuts won't come off in the middle of a ride and if they do you'll know next time, and if you strip a head or a thread. You did it too much.

[Twisted]

People please. 1/4 turn 1/8 turn, just tighten the bloody nuts so they won't come off how's that? Weather you use a socket, a torque wrench, your bare hands, a cosmic panda, a spanner, a sonic screwdriver, a crack prostitute. Just make sure the nuts won't come off in the middle of a ride and if they do you'll know next time, and if you strip a head or a thread. You did it too much.

Does Auto Bahn sell cosmic pandas? I gotta gets me one of them.

Seriously, when is this thread gonna get tard farmed?

[mister]

Why so quick to tard farm. Odds n ends maybe but not the tf. It's entertaining.