Front tire replacement

[Sharkey]

I replaced my  front tire getting ready for Inzane next month. I followed the directions in shop talk http://www.valkyrieriders.com/shoptalk/TireChangeSplineLube.htm
Well I guess I should have followed them closer, I overtightened the speedo phillips screw and cracked the end on the cable on the bottom. I am guessing I need to replace the whole cable now? Also the caliper bols looked like the may of had locktite on them(there was a red residue, but the article did not mention it, so I replaced the bolts without it. Any help would be appreciated.

[Bagger John - #3785]

I replaced my  front tire getting ready for Inzane next month. I followed the directions in shop talk http://www.valkyrieriders.com/shoptalk/TireChangeSplineLube.htm
Well I guess I should have followed them closer, I overtightened the speedo phillips screw and cracked the end on the cable on the bottom. I am guessing I need to replace the whole cable now? Also the caliper bols looked like the may of had locktite on them(there was a red residue, but the article did not mention it, so I replaced the bolts without it. Any help would be appreciated.

1 - Yes, you'll need a new speedo cable. You might be able to JB-Weld the broken one but the cables aren't that expensive.

2 - Remove each caliper bolt, coat liberally with 'blue' LocTite then torque to OEM specs (22 ft/lbs)

Honda specifies caliper bolt replacement at every removal due to the fact that these fasteners stretch when tightened...they may eventually fatigue and break. I have never heard of anyone breaking a caliper bolt under 'normal' circumstances, so proceed accordingly.

Buying new fasteners also guarantees that you get a fresh dose of Honda's threadlocker on every fastener, and that the tightening torque is derated to their specifications by means of its lubrication properties. This may prevent one from stripping out the caliper mounting bosses by means of overtightening but I've never seen anyone have this particular problem either if they applied new 'blue' threadlocker to the old bolts then used a calibrated torque wrench to set the fastener torque.

[Dennis Klinefelt]

I did the same thing years ago.....take a black zip tie...loop it around the screw...and thread the screw in ....it works as a quick fix till a new cable arrives.....Rock on...

[humshark]

Brother and I did the same thing, only cracked it.  A little JB and all has been well for over 15k miles! 

[mellowyellow#7933]

Did the same thing. Applied a little blue loctite to screw to prevent falling out, backed it out to the point where it didn't spread the plastic apart, been there 30,000 kms no problems.

[FLAVALK]

Mines been broken for 6 or 7 years. Forget what I did to "fix" it but, although it's still broken, the cable works just fine.