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WARNING: when dong the oil change do NOT torque the bolt to the 26-29 ft lbs. As a matter of fact, do not torque either of the bolts. I did that and now my threads are stripped. Just get it snug and then a 1/4 turn is more than sufficient! I am so pissed right now, my threads are stripped. I have to do stupid timesert now.

Here is a rule I will never forget, that unfortunately I had to learn the hard way:

Written numbers NEVER replace sound mechanical judgement. ARRRRGH!
 
P.S. Dave, you should really update your video. There is just no reason to apply that much torque to those bolts. From what I have seen a lot of people are stripping those threads, and your video is a noob trap, that I, as a noob, fell right into.
 
Heine there is even more stuff on here too with a bit of searching! these video`s are worth their weight in gold and i really admire the time and trouble the members go to on this forum, they have a whole ocean of knowledge between them! :up:
 
GregoXB said:
WARNING: when dong the oil change do NOT torque the bolt to the 26-29 ft lbs. As a matter of fact, do not torque either of the bolts. I did that and now my threads are stripped. Just get it snug and then a 1/4 turn is more than sufficient! I am so pissed right now, my threads are stripped. I have to do stupid timesert now.

Here is a rule I will never forget, that unfortunately I had to learn the hard way:

Written numbers NEVER replace sound mechanical judgement. ARRRRGH!
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^^^^I second, third, and fourth that
im livid right now as well. I almost always "eyeball" things and go by feel, but decided on my bike I would try to do everything by the book. welp the books wrong, and now im out 120$ spent on the TIME-SERT... its my daily rider too, so now im out of a ride for a few days until the parts come in.
 
I feel like owners are not the ones who should receive primary blame. The wrong bloody torque spec is written down in the owner's manual. I put all blame on some department of the former Buell Motorcycle Company. And, honestly, Dave's video, as awesome as it is, is amplifying the error ten fold... In the day of internet knowledge, people will look at that video and be confident the information is correct. There is no way Dave was torqueing down his plug to those specs, because his would have been stripped while making the video. He is quoting an untested number. He should have been the test monkey for all of us on that one. I appreciate the effort he put forward making the video, but to this day he has not even edited his video to have a pop up box that corrects the error, which takes about 30 seconds to do....
 
This has always made me chuckle.

Any person who feels they a mechanically inclined enough to do an oil change, should be way past the point where they can look at a small plug that goes in ALUMINUM (with an O-RING) and still feel over 30 FOOT pounds is accurate, regardless of what they are told.

Yes I'm aware the manual was wrong, but I strongly feel if you don't have that minimal awareness of mechanical things, you should be at the dealer writing checks instead.
{rant off}

:sleeping:
 
That's why we have a forum, to share knowledge. Anyone can do an oil change with some coaching. I am willing to bet some of our more mechanically inclined fell victim to this mistake as well...
 
Totally true Grego, and these forums are a savior for confusing info like that. You know I like them! :cool:

I'm not saying it's impossible to make a mistake, I'm saying that using your own brain is OK too. The tone of 'It's someone elses fault that I did something wrong with my own two hands', gets a bit tiring for me personally. FYI, I now live in the 'Liability State':down:
 
True. But it is also true that Dave's video is making the matter worse. It is spreading disinformation like a wild fire...
 
Cooter said:
This has always made me chuckle.

Any person who feels they a mechanically inclined enough to do an oil change, should be way past the point where they can look at a small plug that goes in ALUMINUM (with an O-RING) and still feel over 30 FOOT pounds is accurate, regardless of what they are told.

Yes I'm aware the manual was wrong, but I strongly feel if you don't have that minimal awareness of mechanical things, you should be at the dealer writing checks instead.
{rant off}

:sleeping:
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^^^ :up:

Anyone that uses a torque wrench to tighten a oil drain plug should bring their vehicle to the dealer to have maintenance done.
 
oh9bolt said:
^^^ :up:

Anyone that uses a torque wrench to tighten a oil drain plug should bring their vehicle to the dealer to have maintenance done.
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Right. Dave's video clearly says, "Torque to 26-29 ft/lbs." And then we see him happily tightening the drain plug with his torque wrench. Dave should have taken his bike to the closest non existent Buell mechanic in his area...
 
Yes Grego, Dave is wrong, and the unrevised manual is wrong.

My point is: If you feel you are knowledgable enough to do your own service, you should already know better.


We aren't talking about headbolts here! Its an o-ringed plug in an aluminum hole. I don't even like that they feel they had to state a spec for that plug.

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All true statements gentlemen.... However, for most people DIY is the only option, as some of us may or may not know, Buell closed its doors in 2009 and finding a mechanic that will put a wrench on a Buell is quite a challenge in 2017. The forum and videos is a huge component of keeping Buells on the road and if we are posting misinformation, we are kind of not doing our due diligence and thus the responsibility becomes shared.
 

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