79josh81
XS650 Addict
So I’m in the middle of an XS650 200mm wide tire build and I have a question about the Ultima 60 spoke 16x5.5 wheel (or any aftermarket motorcycle wheel for that matter). My question is, being an aftermarket wheel, what should I torque the axle to? Obviously the xs650 rear axle torque is 108 ft/lbs in the service manual but with a different wheel and a hardtail I’d imagine it would be different. I do have a torque spec that came with the wheel for setting the wheel bearing end play (I think it’s like 60 ft/lbs or something like that). Should I just torque the axle to the wheel bearing end play torque? It makes sense to me to do that but I’d like to hear some other opinions from people running either the same wheel or a different type of aftermarket wheel/hub.