Subject: RE: front axle bolt; cosmoline removal
Author: Kevin Graf
Date: Mar 24, 2003, 5:23 AM
Post ID: 1712357775
Try 65 ftlbs. I have never seen a spec for this either but... H-D uses 65 on
some (Evo's I think). It's wierd that it's such a mystery, with the bearings
and freeplay, ect. eh, but it is what it is I guess... 65 has worked for me.
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Jones [mailto:mjon-@yahoo.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 7:39 PM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: Re: front axle bolt; cosmoline removal
Rich: I was pondering the correct front axle torque
setting myself today. It can't be 100 lbs - I recall
that when I last changed the front tire the bearing
heated up in a mile and I had to stop and loosen it.
If you find out what the correct setting is, I'd like
to know.
Charlie: I used to work for a Honda (car) dealership
removing the cosmoline from the new cares that were
shipped in from Japan (that was the summer of '83). We
used a special solvent called "decosmoline." Concise
but uninformative name. Maybe you could check with one
of your local import car dealers to find out what they
use these days. The cos. we removed was a gray-ish
clear goop. What you are describing sounds more like
the old Rusty Jones rustproofing, which is harder to
remove.
I would NOT recommend using steel wool. If you find
the right solvent, it will come off easily and not
damage the paint, I'm sure.
-Mike (69 Ambo)
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M.Jones, student of philosophy and religion at Temple University,
Philadelphia, PA.
"The heart has its reasons which reason does not know." -Blaise Pascal
"With man, instinct and reason avoid each other with adversity, yet, by
repudiating each other they lure each other to reach mutual
correction." -Lucian Blaga
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