Tightening torque settings Griso 1100

[Guzziolsen]

Hello

Need help about torque settings on Griso 1100. I have found some on this homepage, and in the service book. I can't find anything about gearbox torque settings, and 12Nm to the motoroil drainplug is that ok, it's the same type of plug as the gearbox and CARC drainplug.

Gearbox: Levelplug ?Nm, Drainplug ?Nm.

CARC: Drainplug 30Nm, Breatherplug 30Nm, Levelplug 35Nm.

Motoroil: Drainplug 12Nm (seen in the service book) .

Sparkplug: 20Nm.

Steffen

 

[Phang]

Hi Steffen,

First of all, welcome to the forum.

Here are the torque settings I used on my 2009 Griso 8V for your reference. No oil leak, no stripped threads yet after 3 oil changes so I guess it is fine.

Gearbox/transmission:
Level plug/filler plug – 28Nm
Drain plug – 20Nm (Guzzi manual says 24Nm, I standardized all the drain plugs to 20Nm since they are all the same in size)

CARC:
Drain plug – 20Nm
Breather plug – You don’t need to remove this during oil change and 30Nm is definitely a misprint, you will most likely strip the threads if you apply 30Nm to this tiny breather.
Level plug/filler plug – 17Nm (I figured this out by using a digital torque wrench to align a witness mark painted on the plug. With new copper washer under the plug, my torque wrench read 17Nm when the marks aligned)

Engine sump:
Drain plug – 20Nm

Spark plug – 13Nm (figured out from NGK website, Guzzi manual says 30Nm)

Guzzi uses Dowty type sealing washer on all the 3 drain plugs, it requires very little clamping force to seal. The metal part of the washer is steel so you don’t crush it like a copper or aluminum washer to seal, the rubber insert will expand and seal when you tighten the drain/sump plug.

Phang

 

[Guzziolsen]

Thank you Phang

I will try your torque settings, another question, how much torque for the oilfilter? My service book says 18Nm.


Steffen

 

[Phang]

Again, I used the method of combining a digital torque wrench and my “feel”

I am using the 14 flutes UFI 2328700 oil filter. With a light coat of fresh engine on the filter’s O ring, my digital torque wrench will read 12~13Nm when my hand felt the right “tightness”. No oil leak or weeping on the 2 oil filters that I have changed which I torqued it to 12Nm.

I know it sounds silly to use a torque wrench on an oil filter, I don’t do that to my car and the other 2 bikes but somehow I feel more reassured if I can tighten things in a more consistent manner on my first Italian bike :mrgreen:

Phang

 

[john zibell]

MGNA recommends 15Nm. Also the use of the Bosch 3330 filter (same that is used on BMWs except R1200s). It won't leak as some of the UFIs have.