Lubing Spline

[fermin]

 I couldnt wait.  Went back after dinner and in 10 min had all 4 bolts loosened up no special tool required.  Tranny off tomorrow and parts should be arriving by Tuesday.

Thanks for the help

Mike, I love looking at pixs of your bike.  

[Rob Valdez 79 R65]

And I say clean, dry threads; new short bolts absolutely (it is his first time in there), no split ring washers, and no locktite.


Only you can decide which you want to do.  (Gotta have choices, right?)

And I've never checked the torque value when tightening them, as I've always used the foot on the brake and give it all you got with the 12-point box wrench from the tool kit method.

I've never had one come loose on me.  And this is one place on the bike you don't have to worry about striping threads - steel into steel.

I just bought four bolts from Hucky's.  I think he is down your way.

http://www.bmwhucky.com/007526.html  Good, fast service.

26 11 1 242 297   driveshaft bolt M8x1x13mm  1981 on  $ 1.90



A lot of modern BMW dealers might carry these as well, like they do oil filters, I suspect.

[fermin]

Yep, those are the bolts I ordered.  No blue loctite?.  Better as that stuff is going around $22.

[Rob Valdez 79 R65]

Clean & dry threads are what I've always been told.

When I asked about getting those internal threads clean and dry, I was told that aerosol electrical contact cleaner is the product to use.

And don't be shy about grunting with the small box-end from the tool kit.

Or, if you must, get one of the torque-wrench adapters.


I like to go around mine at least three times, drawing the two flanges together uniformly, from loose to tight.

[nhmaf]

I don't use any locktite on mine - just give bring them up to "full torque" as I can manage with the small wrench in a couple stages.   The final "grunt" seems to be plenty - leastways I haven't had any problems with them in years using this approach.

[montmil]

I believe the Snowbum also says no LokTite or split washers on the bolts. Did mine with new bolts and dry n' clean. No later issues.

Hans, aka Hucky's, is a very nice gentleman to do business with. Large order or small, he responds quickly to your email queries, has an encyclopedic BMW knowledge and gets your bits to you pronto.

Oh, and his prices are good, too. He's gathering some small, special items for me and another gent right now.

Monte

[fermin]

Thanks for the tip on Huckys, local, knowledgeable and good prices.  If he only did house calls...