Engine mount bolt torque value

[satchit]

Agreed- but odd.

I feel something else is going on here.

I'm not in front of my bike- but are you sure your socket sizes are correct and not stripped / worn internally?

I don't remember on the CB (but will be replacing my damaged Motech soon)- but remember not all nuts/bolts are the same size on both ends. Example- I was just working on my car and it took an 18mm on one end and a 17mm on the other.

Quite sure, I've got the correct size sockets and spanners. I see the portion of the bolt past the nut rotating.
Don't know if I have the space for a nut splitter - this one is behind the exhaust pipes on the rear brake pedal side.
Also, it is a flange nut - would the nut splitter work on it?

[apex1_imp]

Can you reach the nut with a cutoff disc on a dremel? If yes, it should take no time at all to make 2 or 3 cuts through the nut and it will drop off. Just be careful not to scar other parts.

[Inhouse Bob]

sounds like it might be time for a nut splitter.

Ben

I'll send my high school girlfriend right over

[satchit]

I used the nut splitter. It did split the nut, but the flange wasn't split. Finally ended up gingerly drilling the flange out. Not sure if a dremel would have worked - since this was on the rear brake lever side, the exhaust pipes make access tricky.
Took me more than 4 hours and I was kneeling all the time - legs were numb for quite some time after that. Started feverishly searching for motorcycle lifts after that - but that fever has died down now.

Can you reach the nut with a cutoff disc on a dremel? If yes, it should take no time at all to make 2 or 3 cuts through the nut and it will drop off. Just be careful not to scar other parts.

[DAC]

I’m glad I found this thread. I used the stock 44 ft. Lbs. setting. I’ll need to back it off now.

[mrded_imp]

This is the doc for cb1100rs ‘18 see-motech crashbars

[mrded_imp]

I took those bolts out, and they are covered with some kind of power and smell like fish

What is that? Is it ok?

[the Ferret]

I think it's just oxidation. I'd wire brush it off and put some grease on them.

[Lord Popgun]

What Ferret said. Clean off the oxidation and that grease certainly wouldn’t hurt.

[Houtman_imp]

Yes, they use fish oil for a healthier bolt life.