Torque settings for ProFlex 957

[Dan Langille]

I remember seeing the torque settings for various bolts on the 957.  But looking through the documents I have and those here, but I can't find them.



Do you know where they are?

[Carbon_Angus]

from my records....

upper/lower rear shock 150 inch #'s  
lower strut 60 inch #'s  
main pivot 175 inch #'s    

grease the lower strut

you are supposed to blue loctite 'em but i never did. check about once a month

do yo need x~link torque??...
lower axel, links, pivots wrist pin 100 inch #'s
ULM  260 inch #'s
supposed to "blue" those, too

if you need more, let me know.  I'm gonna see if this is on the web any where, if not I may post it to the archive.... [smiley=beer.gif]

[Dan Langille]

Using the figures you supplied and looking at 97_spc957_strut.pdf and 97_spc957.pdf (available from the K2 site, but it might be in the forum files), I think this is what we are talking about:



> upper/lower rear shock 150 inch #'s



From 97_spc957.pdf, part #7, which attaches the rear shock to the frame.  And in 97_spc957_strut.pdf, the lower shock bolt is part number 5.



> lower strut 60 inch #'s



That is labelled # 3 in 97_spc957_strut.pdfand titled 'lower strut').



It would be good to have those values in the diagrams.

[Carbon_Angus]

well, i guess i wil post it, soon  [smiley=turtle.gif].  the info was from the '98 website and i saved it.



show some pics of your bike when it is done!

[Dan Langille]

For the pics, this should easier now that I have a digital camera.  Will do.  I replaced the back tire yesterday, many of the knobbies had come off late last season.  All that's left to do is torque those bolts, and find my chain lube.

[Dan Langille]

from my records....



upper/lower rear shock 150 inch #'s  

I think that should be 145 inch pounds.  Why?  Because that's what my torque wrench is set to now.  Can anyone confirm?

grease the lower strut

Grease what part?

you are supposed to blue loctite 'em but i never did. check about once a month

I have red loctite here...



Can anyone confirm these values?

[Carbon_Angus]

wtf, you don't trust me  



the torque info is from the old k2 website circa '98. besides 145 vs 150 won't make a diff. if 145 makes you happy do 145, it's like less than 4% in value.



the lower strut has two bolts that attaches the lowe rstrut to the swing arm. there are four bearings two on each side of the swingarm (they look like white/ or off white or maybe even yellowish disks with holes in 'em.) the srtut slides over those and you bolt it to 60 inch #'s. grease/smear those bearings with synthetic grease before you bolt it all up.



use blue locktite, if you use it at all. red is for permanent attachments like brake bosses and such and you wil have a dickens of a time removing the bolts for periodic maintenance if you use red.

ps nice to see you are now a registered member

[Dan Langille]

use blue locktite, if you use it at all. red is for permanent attachments like brake bosses and such and you wil have a dickens of a time removing the bolts for periodic maintenance if you use red.

DOH!  I have a red bottle.  With blue loctite inside.  It's loctite 243...

[Dan Langille]

Oh... and why synthetic grease?  I have some Motormaster Multi-Purpose grease which is an NLGI grade 2 specification grease.  I have no idea if it's synthetic or not.

[Carbon_Angus]

k2 always called for a syn. grease.  i used any synthetic grease from a bike shop, some guys have used synthetic car grease which i guess is ok. "dinosaur oil" breaks down platics and rubber and such over time from what i have been told.

[Dan Langille]

OK, I've bought some synthetic grease, and I'm about to do the dirty, in hopes of riding Saturday morning....

[Dan Langille]

Heh, after putting everything together and loctiting it, I did the old, put-your-weight-on-the-seat-and-compress-the-rear-shock trick.  That's when I noticed that the seat post touched the reservoir.  Ooops!

I took the wheel off, loosened the bolt which attaches the shock to the strut, then I rotated the shock 180 degrees so the reservoir was below the shock, not above it.

NOTE: the strut has a label on it around the shock bolt hole.  It states 150 inch-pounds.

Sunday is the day for the first ride.