Sorry if this is somewhere else but I am trying to refit the camshafts on my xj700 maxim and worried about the torque setting for the camshaft bolts(are they called journals?) I think its 10nm

Hi Tobi, ok why do you "think" it's 10nm? It's in the manual at the front of the engine section under torque settings, every nut and bolt has a setting and you have to ,on some nut's and bolts, make sure you do it right, what seems to be the problem? Do you have the manual?

 

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OP, that is not a figure to guess, quite often camshafts float in the journals in a skim of oil a couple of thou thick, that torque figure is a must or the cam may well lock in the head.

I think its 10 as that is the figure other bikes seem to have and I don't have a manual and as the bike is so rare I am struggling to find the correct figures. So I stopped to find out before I over or under tighten them

Sorry folks thought it was ok I will remove it!!!