On Friday 08 April 2016 07:42:08 Mark wrote: > On 04/08/2016 04:57 AM, andy pugh wrote: > > On 8 April 2016 at 04:44, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It was the nut bracket that couples the Z sled with the Z nut. It > >> has a couple cap screws that a 6mm Allen wrench fits, > > > > A 6mm key fits an M8 screw: > > http://www.globalfastener.com/product/detail_2477.html > > > > As a sample, the front fork pinch bolt of my R1 is M8 into aluminium > > and is tightened to 14 lb.ft. > > Some other M8 bolts on the bike are 20 lb.ft (also into aluminium). > > Hmmmmmm.... A metric bolt torqued to lb. ft? Oh, the humanity!!!! > ;-) > > Mark
Hey Mark, when all you have is a group of torque wrenches, all in lb/ft or inch/lbs... 4 of them, all bending beam, may go out of zero from bent needles, but never go out of calibration. Bend the needle back to zero and its as good today as it was 150 years ago. The usual 1/2" drive 0-140 lb/ft thats in everyones tool box, a 3/8 drive midget goes to 50 lb/ft, something else I picked up for a fiver at a flea market but haven't used enough to remember its range, 90 I think, don't use it that much because the handle is solid on the end of the beam, not pivoting on its calibrated length, and my most recent buy is an even smaller one I had to get to properly torque the guard screws on my 22-250, a Howa 1500 action in a stock I carved. Bolts are torx, bigger than the usual deck screws torx socket. And the recommended torque feels like it ought to be about 1/2 turn past broke. But it works. Rule #1, Race what you brung... Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
