Please help ID this skid plate on my 05 DL650.

That's what I thought as well. I buddy of mine bought one for his DL650.

richlandrick said:

That's what I thought as well. I buddy of mine bought one for his DL650.

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Do you mind asking him? I reached out to SW Motech but the rep advised they did not have any documentation of their first version of the skid plate and so would not confirm. All I'm really looking for is the torque specs for when I remove it to do an oil change and I could get those from the current version sheet.

That's easy. Just Google "metric bolt torque specs."

M8 standard is ~30 Nm.

It's a skid plate, not a cam journal. Tight enough is good enough.

richlandrick said:

That's easy. Just Google "metric bolt torque specs."

M8 standard is ~30 Nm.

Metric Bolts - Tightening Torques

Recommended thightening torque metric bolts.

www.engineeringtoolbox.com

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Ah that's helpful, thanks!! All new territory to me.

dravnx said:

It's a skid plate, not a cam journal. Tight enough is good enough.

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That's also a good point ... I'm still learning here so my first instinct is to go "by the book." How about using loctite?

Good question and yes. a good place to use loctite unless the bolts have lock washers.

Stalky Tracker said:

@rahza if you want, PM me your email address and I'll send a copy of the SW Motech installation instructions I found. They show M8 at 23 Nm, M10 at 46 Nm, and M6 at 9,6 Nm.



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PM sent - thanks!! @Stalky Tracker