Front wheel install. Make sure I’m doing this correctly

[Gusable]

85 cal2, mounting new front  tire tonight. Axle was installed from the left side into the right fork. 108ft lbs on that nut?
Pinch bolts.. updated lower spec? Or am I thinking about another bike..? I’d imagine you’d not want to overtorque those forks!
Procedure- axle in, torque to spec, lightly snug LH pinch bolts? jOUNCE the front end then do the other side pinch bolts?  Also doing new Ebc brake pads and have to install the shim that fell out. I’m assuming they were in between the fork holes and the caliper.  Thank you!

[guzzisteve]

Install axle & tighten w/1/2" breaker bar. Bounce front end, THEN tighten pinch to 32ftlbs on both sides. Put on calipers & tighten bolts to 32ftlbs.
Done

[n3303j]

Can't believe anyone takes that 108 ft/lb torque specification seriously. Good luck getting the axle out with the tools on board if you have a roadside emergency. 25 ft/lb is sufficient to clamp the whole bearing stack rigidly in place.
Also snug up the nut side axle clamp a bit before torqueing the axle nut. It's easier to pull the axle through a snug (not fully tight) clamp with the axle nut than it is to fully close an axle clamp that is being pinched by the axle washer on one side and a spacer on the other.

[Gusable]

Thanks so much! Now to find correct wheel bearings.  I thought the fronts were same as rears. I ordered 4 6204-2rs (iirc). These fronts are smaller 👍👍👍

[Dirk_S]

Sure it ain’t 108 Nm? That would sound much more accurate.

[n3303j]

Sure it ain’t 108 Nm? That would sound much more accurate.

That's still 80 ft/lb. Far more than necessary in this application.

[Gusable]

Sure it ain’t 108 Nm? That would sound much more accurate.

Ooops! Right lol thx

[ridingron]

My other bike (Honda) was a bear to get the rear axle loose the first tire change. It took a 1/2" breaker bar with a 15" cheater pipe to break loose. I re-installed with much less torque. As ask before, how much torque does it really take to clamp the forks, bearings and wheel tight? After a couple hundred thousand miles, I've never found an axle nut loose.

The rear wheel axle nut on the newer V100 Mandello/Steivio is about 190 ft. lbs. for an about 2 1/2" (65 mm) threads.

[Gusable]

My other bike (Honda) was a bear to get the rear axle loose the first tire change. It took a 1/2" breaker bar with a 15" cheater pipe to break loose. I re-installed with much less torque. As ask before, how much torque does it really take to clamp the forks, bearings and wheel tight? After a couple hundred thousand miles, I've never found an axle nut loose.

The rear wheel axle nut on the newer V100 Mandello/Steivio is about 190 ft. lbs. for an about 2 1/2" (65 mm) threads.

. Single side swingarm I bet  my Ducati multi 1000 was like that.. TIGHT!!

[Moparnut72]

I wonder about the factory even having torque wrenches. I come across extremely tight fasteners. I kind of think that the use of air tools or similar has gotten out of hand. For example I changed tires on my V7 850 a couple of weeks ago. I couldn't get the axle nut loose on the rear wheel using a breaker bar. I used a cheater bar on it and still couldn't break it loose with reasonable force as the socket I was using was a 12 point and feared of rounding the nut. I decided to use my impact with a 6 point impact socket. It wouldn't fit in the recess so I started to turn it down in the lath but it was harder than the tool I had so I had to use the bench grinder. I was able to break it loose but it was extremely tight. Another example is he toe piece on the shift lever. I can't get it off, it is so tight. Again I don't want to round off the hex, it takes a thin wrench to get on it which reduces the strength of the wrench. I don't want to use heat due to the likely hood of destroying the rubber cushioning piece. I would really like a longer toe piece due to my outward facing foot. Even the last Harley I had inconsistent torqued fasteners. I hope MG isn't going down the route of knocking out more bikes resulting in lower quality. My 2 cents.
kk

[Gusable]

Got her all done. Rolls down the road perfect! Thanks guys