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Technical Discussion => BMW Technical Q&A, Primarily R65 => Topic started by: Jschara on June 15, 2019, 04:37:32 PM

Title: Torque valúes for 1979 R65
Post by: Jschara on June 15, 2019, 04:37:32 PM

Can anybody confirm if these settings are right. 

Drive shaft bolts 32NM
Swing arm pins 10NM
Swing arm nuts  105 NM

I got these from Chris Harris's Utube site.   I don't have a shop manual for my bike and I don't trust the Clymer 500-1000cc Twins 1970-1982 manual that I do have.

Thanks in advance,
Jim

Title: Re: Torque valúes for 1979 R65
Post by: Jschara on July 02, 2019, 05:33:49 PM

Am I the only one out there that is concerned about torque? 

Title: Re: Torque valúes for 1979 R65
Post by: Bob_Roller on July 02, 2019, 05:56:27 PM

The BMW shop manual I have, shows 27+3 ft lbs for the 12 point driveshaft bolts .
Tighten the pin to 15 ft lbs, then back off and torque to 9 ft lbs .
I don't know the diameter and thread pitch, so I can't look up the standard torque value for the nut .
To convert Nm to Ft lbs, Nm X .737= ft lbs .

Title: Re: Torque valúes for 1979 R65
Post by: Jschara on July 02, 2019, 07:22:08 PM

Thanks Bob,

Jim

Title: Re: Torque valúes for 1979 R65
Post by: Barry on July 03, 2019, 08:20:48 AM

This is from a post by Mike Valenti many years ago. He was meticulous guy so I would have no hestation in trusting the figures.  As bob said with the pivot pins go a bit higher and then back off and re-torque to the specified figure.  The trick is then not to allow the pins move while torqueing the locknuts.