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The official Shop Manual Honda CB500-550 is found in Aladdin's Cave in a good resolution.There is one torque spec there that still puzzles me today.It's about #22: the front wheel axle nut. Early 80s I did torque that nut @ the recommended 5,5 - 6,5 kg-m (39,5 - 47 lbs-ft), only to find out the wheel wouldn't turn anymore. I loosened the nut up again and all was fine.
Quote from: deltarider on June 10, 2023, 09:14:44 AMThe official Shop Manual Honda CB500-550 is found in Aladdin's Cave in a good resolution.There is one torque spec there that still puzzles me today.It's about #22: the front wheel axle nut. Early 80s I did torque that nut @ the recommended 5,5 - 6,5 kg-m (39,5 - 47 lbs-ft), only to find out the wheel wouldn't turn anymore. I loosened the nut up again and all was fine.That doesn’t sound right, might be incorrect spacer between bearings? Worth checking out!
Quote from: Johnny4428 on June 10, 2023, 10:49:19 AMQuote from: deltarider on June 10, 2023, 09:14:44 AMThe official Shop Manual Honda CB500-550 is found in Aladdin's Cave in a good resolution.There is one torque spec there that still puzzles me today.It's about #22: the front wheel axle nut. Early 80s I did torque that nut @ the recommended 5,5 - 6,5 kg-m (39,5 - 47 lbs-ft), only to find out the wheel wouldn't turn anymore. I loosened the nut up again and all was fine.That doesn’t sound right, might be incorrect spacer between bearings? Worth checking out!If I'm reading the post right that was 40 years ago so a bit late in the day..
Certainly there's no way a correctly assembled wheel spindle arrangement should tighten when that is done. Agree it would point to something being wrong or out of place to do that. Recognise that the date here may have impact, but believe same bike is still in use ?
More to the "engineering" point in detail though, that eventuality should absolutely not inform how the assembly is set for anyone, now or then. Clearly advice originating from that is false.