rear axle nut torque?
 

My book for my k3 is saying 47.0lb-ft is that right as i am sure it was more than that??

Help needed fast as the back wheel is off...

Cheers

Dave

Re: rear axel nut torque
 

Dont worry that much, just do it up tight!

Re: rear axel nut torque
 

It's a lot more than that for the pointy. 100nm / 74lb-ft

Re: rear axel nut torque
 

Don't know about a pointy- Curvy is 65nm. Which is a bit more than hand tight with a big wrench.

Of course, tyre fitters often think it's about 100nm...

Re: rear axel nut torque
 

Suzuki manual will tell you it's 100nm. Haynes says it's a lot less
I go with 100nm

Re: rear axel nut torque
 

just noticed... my k3 bike has the manual for a bloody curvy... WFT... was thinking looking at the images.. Something aint right... then it dawned!! I was looking at an image of a curvy!!!

Frigging thing!!!


Dave

Re: rear axel nut torque
 

Yeah- zuki manual is 65nm - 47 ft lbs

Would it really be that different for a pointy?

Darren- I was more having a general dig about tyre fitters overtightening. Normally with a pneumatic ratchet!

Re: rear axel nut torque
 

My Haynes lists both - 65nm for curvy and 100nm for pointy.

Re: rear axel nut torque
 

They must have fixed that, the Haynes manual was wrong for a while, it only used to have the 65Nm figure for both models which would be wrong for the pointy.

Re: rear axel nut torque
 

Right I've just checked my Haynes manual which is for years 99 to 05

At the beginning of chapter 1 - Routine maintenance and servicing, it has a list of torque settings. For the rear axle nut it has 65 Nm. It does not specify between the different models

BUT.........

At the beginning of chapter 7 - Brakes, wheels and tyres, it also has a list of torque settings......

Rear wheel axle nut
X, Y, K1 and K2 models ............65 Nm
K3, K4 and K5 models ............100 Nm

I don't know why one is called rear axle nut, and one is rear wheel axle nut, but it looks like they have made a mistake in chapter 1 by not specifying the different models. I wish they would make a manual for the curvy and one for the pointy to avoid confusion.