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!
Not much at all. They break very very easily. Have you checked the seal? You should have gotten a replacement with your filter.
Quote from: Egaeus on March 06, 2006, 06:19:12 PM
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! :dunno_white: (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... ;)
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.
Quote from: Egaeus on March 06, 2006, 06:50:05 PM
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? :laugh:
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!
No problem. Just passing on what I've learned here.
avoid the dealer, they charged me the same price for the gasket as the auto parts place does for the gasket and filter. :cookoo:
-ash
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.
finger tight then another 1/2 turn with the wrench always does the trick for me :dunno_white:
Still reading! Thanks again! :thumb:
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 (http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?BV_subcat=Torque+Wrenches&vertical=TOOL&ihtoken=1)
Quote from: Cal Amari on March 07, 2006, 07:07:46 AM
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 (http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?BV_subcat=Torque+Wrenches&vertical=TOOL&ihtoken=1)
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.