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77 kz650 torqe(ft lbs)
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I think that's what you were asking about.
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if i remeber right i belive i read on here that most people are setting them a 7 ft lbs! DO NOT over tighten them they will strip out!!
be very,very carful as they strip out very easy.
i am also doing this on my 77kz650b1, and just bought a new torq wrench just for the cam cap bolts so i know they will be accurate (among other parts to). i dont want to have to tap them out to 8mm and all that fun stuff!!!!!
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Actually they´re 6 mm bolts with 10 mm heads.
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But you say it's "Under the cams" ???
Do you mean that it's under the valve-cover?
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321,000 miles on KZ's that I can remember. Not going to see any more.
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The torque spec for the two cylinder head bolts (one under each cam sprocket) is 16 - 20 ft.lbs / 22 - 27 Nm.
Actually they´re 6 mm bolts with 10 mm heads.
THAT much torque on a 6mm bolt??!!:ohmy:
I didn't know the 650 had those 2 bolts there,but wholly...that's a lot of torque for that bolt,no?
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The bolts below the cams securing the head to the cylinder are 16-20ft/lb according to clymer. I wouldn't personally go that tight on a 6mm bolt myself.
What HE said!:ohmy:
It wasn't that long ago,that I read here where another member went by the "Clymer" manual,and stripped cam-cap bolts...remember that,Ron?
Make SURE,before torqueing that bolt THAT much...seriously.
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