12-07-17, 10:57 PM
Dunno.
I can't get 17NM oot o ma hand on a filter - not on my Fazer anyway.
The other thing I find is, my hands are oily and the filter is often oily so it's difficult to get fully hand tight at all.
Also once with my car I thought it had started to burn oil, nope, I didn't get the filter on tight enougth by hand - doh! :eek
I just don't want oil dripping from the bike filter cos I figure I know where it might just end up.
So there's an offical figure, I've got a set of good quality torque wrenches lying there, so I just torque it on.
Never had a problem getting them back off (apart from one on a car I bought but it wisnae me that put it on)
17NM is only 12 lbs-ft in English. It's not a lot anyway.
I can't get 17NM oot o ma hand on a filter - not on my Fazer anyway.
The other thing I find is, my hands are oily and the filter is often oily so it's difficult to get fully hand tight at all.
Also once with my car I thought it had started to burn oil, nope, I didn't get the filter on tight enougth by hand - doh! :eek
I just don't want oil dripping from the bike filter cos I figure I know where it might just end up.
So there's an offical figure, I've got a set of good quality torque wrenches lying there, so I just torque it on.
Never had a problem getting them back off (apart from one on a car I bought but it wisnae me that put it on)
17NM is only 12 lbs-ft in English. It's not a lot anyway.