Yamaha tall windscreen?

[ncpkwyrider747]

I just purchased and received the Yamaha tall windscreen for my '23 S10. I don't have a torque tool and wasn't planning to use one for the simple install (4 screws) but the directions that came with the windscreen call out a torque specification. Any thoughts on how important it is to tighten the screws to the Yamaha torque specification? Thanks.

 

[bimota]

wow,

taken hundreds of screens on and off bikes in 45 years i take the screen off my tenere 3-4 times a year to i just put the screws in and tighten with screw driver job done never lost a screw or had a loose screen

rob

 

[whisperquiet]

Snug is what I go with……..

 

[Tenforeplay]

I was curious and tried a torque wrench on mine, couldn't keep the phillips head in the screw to bring to spec'd torque. So relied on the tried and true good nuff.

 

[ncpkwyrider747]

I was curious and tried a torque wrench on mine, couldn't keep the phillips head in the screw to bring to spec'd torque. So relied on the tried and true good nuff.

Interesting.....thanks.

 

[Tenforeplay]

Interesting.....thanks.

You a 747 driver?

 

[ncpkwyrider747]

You a 747 driver?

Nope but I love the airplane.

 

[Scott F]

For non-critical fasteners I use the TLAR method; learned it years ago in the Marine Corps.

That Looks About Right...

 

[ncpkwyrider747]

I bought an inexpensive old school torque wrench on Amazon. I figured I could use it for the windscreen and other odd jobs down the road. Plus I have a bad tendency to over tighten screws which gets me in trouble.

 

[Haynes]

I was curious and tried a torque wrench on mine, couldn't keep the phillips head in the screw to bring to spec'd torque. So relied on the tried and true good nuff.

That could be because it's not a Phillips head. It's a JIS.

Haynes

 

[Tenforeplay]

That could be because it's not a Phillips head. It's a JIS.

Haynes

I knew somebody would bring that up. I use JIS.

 

[Haynes]

I knew somebody would bring that up. I use JIS.

Okay, though you did say Phillips. I only found out about JIS about 10 years ago, after many years of struggling with what I thought were Phillips head bolts and screws.

Haynes

 

[Sierra1]

You a 747 driver?

I'm still trying to figure out the North Carolina Parkway rider part. He's from Florida. But the Blue Ridge Parkway is gorgeous.

 

[ncpkwyrider747]

I'm still trying to figure out the North Carolina Parkway rider part. He's from Florida. But the Blue Ridge Parkway is gorgeous.

That one's easy. I'm originally from Florida and I moved back to FL about 3 years ago when I retired but I lived most of my adult life in the mountains of western North Carolina in the Asheville area. I worked and lived about 15 minutes from the Blue Ridge Parkway so I would ride motorcycles on the parkway every chance I got. No better way to relieve stress than riding the parkway after a tough day at work!

 

[Tenforeplay]

Okay, though you did say Phillips. I only found out about JIS about 10 years ago, after many years of struggling with what I thought were Phillips head bolts and screws.

Haynes

I consider the jis a subspecies of the phillips but I guess I need to change that. I’ve got a couple reed prince drivers that I would use by name and not phillips. Then I got curious. There are a lot of different drivers out there. And anything is better than a blade which I still see time to time. God those really suck.

List of screw drives - Wikipedia

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[Sierra1]

. . . . No better way to relieve stress . . . .

There is, but that's a whole different kind of ride.