05-29-2018, 08:45 AM
(05-25-2018, 03:05 AM)markT_imp Wrote: Thanks Chaps,
Good reassurance there.
I eventually got it loose at rear lower edge and it peeled off fine.
Quite a fiddle to smear the new black goo all round the mating surface in a thin even line !!!
Anyhow it is all back together with the new cover in place - left to harden over night before I put the oil back in and see if I am still leak tight.
Honda gave me a list of the torque settings but I can't see the one for the 10 or so 8mm head flanged bolts that hold the cover down.
I went for 10 n/m as a reasonable starting torque.
Can anyone spot the definitive figure in case I need to nip them up a bit more please?
Thanks for looking.
I learned after re-assembling a couple of BSA motorcycles how to spread a clean case seal. In my case it was Red Hermetite for the crankcase halves.
The tool is a artist's brush about 1/4 inch wide with stiff bristles cut flat. The first pass of the sealant is very thin and may have some bare streaks in it. Leave it to get tacky, as it just to give the second coat something to grab onto. The second thin coat will be smooth with no streaks. Leave it to get tacky before pushing the cases together.
By using two thin tacky coats, the sealant will not squish out onto the cases.