After a great day out over the Cat and Fiddle, down to Buxton, Matlock, Leek and then up the M6 back home, 130 miles at a good rate of knots.
It was to my horror that when putting the bike to bed that the strange noise I could hear, was coming from the front drive sprocket case.On removing the cover, the sprocket holding nut dropped onto the deck..Was I very lucky that the loose nut did not come into contact with the cog? could the cog have moved down the shaft? What is the answer to stop this happening again.Anyone out there had it happen to them?.
Regards,
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The 36mm nut should be torqued to 97 ft-lbs, and one edge of the dish-shaped washer (under the nut) should be bent down until it contacts one of the wrench flats on the nut. This prevents the nut from turning on the countershaft in the event it does loosen up.
Many thanks Stretch for such a fast reply, looks like the tab was never bent over the nut from the factory,Bike is an 06 with 8000 miles on the clock and had all services done by a Triumph dealer..
So take a peak under that front sprocket cover,you never know what you might find.
Quote from: "T100LESS"Many thanks Stretch for such a fast reply, looks like the tab was never bent over the nut from the factory,Bike is an 06 with 8000 miles on the clock and had all services done by a Triumph dealer..
So take a peak under that front sprocket cover,you never know what you might find.
Or do your own services from now on to assure they are done correctly.