looked through the service manual and can't find the torque of the four bolts, triple tree on the fork legs page and section? what is the value? upper or lower bolts first?
Front fork legs fastening screw/ M8x1,25 25 Nm 2,5 Kgm 18.4 ft/lb On page X.6, first listing on the page. Didn't state a sequence.
Yep, 18# Les at LT Racing rebuilt my front shocks recently and suggested 12# especially for the lower clamps. He also sees signs of overtightening on too many fork tubes including mine. Too tight and you compress the thin tube and cause increased fork slider wear and stiction. Another tip he gave was to snug them up by hand, and then tighten each only one time to spec with the torque wrench, not alternating back and forth. He thinks that leads to overtightening as each one loosens the other. - Mike
That is too tight. the forks will bind @ 25nm more like 20nm on the bottom bolts and 25nm on the top.
