Brake pad retaining screw

[Battersea]

I need to remove my brake pads (TC88) and need to buy a socket, anyone know the size please? I know its either 1/4" or 5/16" AF 12 point but not which.

[robbiemac]

1/4" 12 point.
Search the threads, loads on this one.

[Battersea]

Originally Posted by robbiemac

1/4" 12 point.
Search the threads, loads on this one.

Thanks , I did but didnt find what I wanted, must have used the wrong search criteria

[BaZa ®]

Here you go Colin you old thread searcher...

http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.c...placement.html

[Tee]

Yep - it's definitely a 1/4" 12 point socket. If you haven't got one then if Tony doesn't have another one you can get them from FatBoyz Diner for about £5 with the postage (That's just an estimate - I don't really know the price)

One word of warning though - when you re-tighten the pad retaining pins, be careful. I think that the torque settings in the manual are far too high. 24 ft/lb I think it was and I gradually increased it from 15 but the thread did 'feel' like it was stretching after about 18 ft/lb so I didn't go any further. Would be a real bummer to snap one of those off.

Hope it goes ok

[BaZa ®]

And copper grease the pins and the smear the rear of the pads.

[Limey_Dave]

Originally Posted by Tee

Yep - it's definitely a 1/4" 12 point socket. If you haven't got one then if Tony doesn't have another one you can get them from FatBoyz Diner for about £5 with the postage (That's just an estimate - I don't really know the price)

One word of warning though - when you re-tighten the pad retaining pins, be careful. I think that the torque settings in the manual are far too high. 24 ft/lb I think it was and I gradually increased it from 15 but the thread did 'feel' like it was stretching after about 18 ft/lb so I didn't go any further. Would be a real bummer to snap one of those off.

Hope it goes ok

Rob,
Recheck your manual,think you'll find

CALIPER BOLTS
28-38 ft-lbs = 37.9-51.5 Nm

PAD PINS
180-300 in-lbs = 20.3-22.6 Nm = 15-16.5 ft-lbs

[Tee]

Originally Posted by Limey_Dave

Rob,
Recheck your manual,think you'll find

CALIPER BOLTS
28-38 ft-lbs = 37.9-51.5 Nm

PAD PINS
180-300 in-lbs = 20.3-22.6 Nm = 15-16.5 ft-lbs

Hold on there bald eagle (No reference to follicular status implied).... I'm a teacher you know, and I can read (honest) and on page 484 of my Clymer manual it states:

21. Tighten the pad pin bolts (Figure 24) to 180-200 in-lb (20 - 30 ft-lb.)

The MoCo manual might say as you do but I haven't checked that, I was working from the Clymer manual for TC88B 2000-2005.

Thanks for the advice though 'coz it made me recheck them and they're torqued up to 18ft-lb

[Limey_Dave]

Online Conversion - Torque Conversion

What can't speak can't lie.

What's that old saying?
Those that can,do
Those that can't,t****

Re bald eagle-Grass never grows on a busy street.

[Tee]

Originally Posted by Limey_Dave

Online Conversion - Torque Conversion

What can't speak can't lie.

What's that old saying?
Those that can,do
Those that can't,t****

Re bald eagle-Grass never grows on a busy street.

May as be me old China but that's what it says in me book...... and you know what they're always saying on here about RTFM?

As for the old saying - well I do both and I do loads of Martial (Not Marital) Arts so does that mean because I don't teach Kenjutsu and Iaido I actually can do them? Amazing, yer see I thought that being a Karate & Judo teacher meant that I could actually do the stuff
Oh yeah I should point out that I'm an art teacher as well so as long as I've got me crayon to wield then I worry about no one taking the proverbial 'coz if they do then I'l just do a silly drawing of them and stick it somewhere for everybody to see, and won't that make them feel special eh?