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MAC'S Safety Tip

TIGHT ENOUGH?

Working on motorcycles as we do, we have to loosen and tighten nuts, screws, bolts and the like as we are setting up and making adjustments. Some of us have a tendency to “put our all” into it as we tighten up those bolts.

There may be something satisfying about pulling a wrench as hard as you can until it won’t move another hair. However, you are not doing the equipment any favors. Most of the torque (bolt tightness) specifications would really surprise you, in fact.

Besides the obvious problem of the bolt being impossible to remove the next time, there are some more serious issues that arise when a bolt is over-tightened.

A bolt which has been over-tightened undergoes more stress than it was designed to handle. This not only applies to the nut, screw or bolt, but also to the framework you are bolting into. This extra stress can cause the bolt or the nut to fatigue, weakening it and compromising the safety of the machine. Not only that, many injuries occur during the process of over-tightening.

Next time, use a little locktite Blue and use the right torque spec's.

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