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Motorcycle Racing => Wrenching => Topic started by: brendan113 on April 06, 2012, 12:24:42 PM

Title: titanium bolt torque
Post by: brendan113 on April 06, 2012, 12:24:42 PM
 About to install cut rear rotor and titanium bolts, what should torque be set to, should i use anti sieze or blue thread lock? thanks
Bike is 2003 r6
Title: Re: titanium bolt torque
Post by: brendan113 on April 06, 2012, 02:23:13 PM
I'm thinking oem spec torque and anti sieze. But i have heard a lot of conflicting opinions about using threadlock and or using less torque becouse of the titanium.Any opinions?
Title: Re: titanium bolt torque
Post by: smoke54 on April 06, 2012, 06:11:19 PM
anti sieze, same torque.
tim
Title: Re: titanium bolt torque
Post by: brendan113 on May 02, 2012, 11:56:06 AM
Thanks, I used anti sieze and oem torque and had no problems.
Title: Re: titanium bolt torque
Post by: erock768 on May 08, 2012, 08:49:09 AM
Something to keep in mind here. OEM torque specs assume clean, dry threads. (No anti-sieze or thread lock) These products reduce friction as the fastener is tightened so that in effect you are actually over torquing (sp?) it. With titanium fasteners, as with steel, I would be wary of stripping out the parent material as you approach the specified torque limit using anti-sieze or thread lock. It is not uncommon to reduce the torque limit by 25-50% when assembling using lubricated threads.