Torque Settings For Fork Pinch Bolts + Which Ones To Tighten First?

[expat_boy]

Does anyone know the torque settings for the upper and lower pinch bolts on a GAs Gas 200 year 2000 model?

Also, do you tighten top or bottom ones first?

Cheers

[lineaway]

I`ve never cared for torque settings on pinch bolts. But you are better to be too loose than too tight. At the worse the fork tube will move. It is never fun to fix a triple clamp that some gorilla over tightened.

[jse]

I`ve never cared for torque settings on pinch bolts. But you are better to be too loose than too tight. At the worse the fork tube will move. It is never fun to fix a triple clamp that some gorilla over tightened.

Yep. The "tighter is better" crowd has snapped a bunch of those tripleclamps. I use 18 lb ft with a light application of anti-seize on the capscrew threads. I make sure all the fasteners are loose in the front end and start with the top of the tripleclamps, working my way down to the axle capscrews and "centering" the front end by pushing up and down on the forks each time a new set is tightened. The fender brace is last. This will preclude the possibility of "stiction" caused by mis-aligned components.

Jon