31 Front Forks; 32 Steering - BMW R 1150 RT Repair Manual

Model
Connection

31 Front forks

Quick-release axle clamp screws
Slider tube bridge to slider tube
Threaded fastener, fixed tube to fork
bridge
Threaded stud to frame
Ball joint to slider tube bridge
Leading link
Leading link to ball joint
Leading link to engine
Right
Left-hand screw cap
Spring strut
Spring strut to front frame
Spring strut to leading link
Model
Connection

32 Steering

Handlebars to fork bridge
Handlebar weight to handlebars
Pivot screw, handlebar lever
R 1150 RT
Nm 22
Nm 25
(clean thread + Loctite 243)
Nm 45
(free from oil and grease)
Nm 130
(clean thread + Loctite 243)
Nm 230
(lightly grease threads with Optimoly TA)
Nm 130
(clean thread + Loctite 2701)
73
42
(lightly grease threads with Optimoly TA
Nm 43
Nm 50
R 1150 RT
Nm 21
Nm 21
Nm 11
(Tuflok Blue thread-locking compound; screw
can be released and tightened a number of
times)
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