following the guide - which suggested 6.8N -

Once all is well, tighten the bolts evenly in a criss-cross pattern to close the cases fully. Remove the bolts again, place a drop of thread lock on each and refit. Torque them up carefully and evenly. I'm not sure what the official torque setting is, I tightened them up to 8 lbs-feet (11 Nm) and only one broke! Try 5 lbs-feet (6.8 Nm).



have now snapped a bolt... case is back apart..

one step forward - 2 step back,,,


what should the torque be

bolts removed,..

actually I cheated, i didnt fancy my shoddy drilling, so went to a mates who had a drill on a stand!

result

nice one Badcat

he suggested not doing em up so tight

hmm my new small torque wrench only goes from 5Newts to 25

wondering if it was *tooo* cheap? ( about 25 quid new )

Not sure about crm bolts but berg bolts are 10Nm

25 quid doesnt sound too bad, as long as its calibrated.

snapped at 6.8

either

torque wrench is over doing it

or

bolts are crap


I just done em up so they feel tight -


ps anyone know if I can use hi temp copper compound instead of molydbenum?

Are they the original bolts?

Just use the copper slip, you'll be rebuilding it again in 3 months

hahha - if that happens I rthink my wife will donate the bike on my behalf

I will be telling her big fibs about the flux capacitor melting down or summat......

at least next time I might have half a clue what I am doing?????

anyway - look on the bright side. it might not even last 3 months - could be end of june