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will fill with oil and coolant and give it a run

used my breaker bar with a bit of scaffold pole on the end, want to make sure there are no oil or coolant leaks.

went to 10Nm on my stubby 1/4" torque wrench, they dont feel super tight but presume the gasket and a bit of thermal expansion need to be taken into account.

does anybody know the torque settings for the clutch cover and water pump housing bolts? Haynes is particularly unenlightening could be anywhere between 10Nm and 42 Nm depending on the wording. Have looked on-line but can't find a cutaway engine image just want to ensure that the slightly larger ...

just did them up till they gently bottomed then gave them a nip lever action feels fine and the pressure plate pushes back ok. wasn't sure if they had to be torqued spot-on to prevent the clutch either grabbing or slipping if too tight / lose. put a spot of red grease on the socket caps then fitted ...

just putting the pressure plate back on but so far have snapped two of the bolts, both sheared just below the head. no where near the torque in the haynes of 12Nm. the bolts screw in very easily but then seem to bottom out then snap. I have replaced them with two decent quality socket caps and the ...

had a look under the top mount, there are two plates but i can't tell what should be forward or sideways, how could i check? The re-bound adjuster is on the right as if you were sat on the bike. will check the collector for jacking damage but seems most likely linakge is touching the pipe :sad2 ...

Is it normal (i suspect it isn't) for the shock linkage to rest on top the exhaust pipe? The shock is set on minimum pre-load, compressing the bike lifts the shock off the pipe but attempting to add pre-load makes things worse. Thought it may be the linkage on the wrong way but it looks like it does ...

thanks... Haynes isn't too clear, so... 1. drain oil and coolant and disconnect the hoses. 2. Undo three water pump cover bolts and remove the cover - does the impellor just pull out? 3. Undo the clutch cover and move to one side (remember cable) 4. check / replace clutch plates and springs 5 ...

we will need a waterpump gasket as well? anything else needed?
Have got - plates, oil, filter, clutch cover gasket.

many thanks
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Hello All, Need to replace the friction plates in a freinds firestorm, ordered the plates and clutch cover gasket but have just noticed that the water pump is bolted to the clutch cover. Does the water pump need to be removed seperately or can it come off as part of the cover? Do we need to order a ...