Not sure how the oil pumps on the Honda but I would be cutting the oil filer to see how far the bits have traveled , guessing it's a canister filter.
i think it goes up from the sump through a oil strainer then through the oil filter cartridge. Strainer coming out over the weekend. Had a look inside the filter (didn't cut it open) and can't see anything.
Glad you said that, had visions of you putting a speaker and tape in your sump, gaffer tape is good but I'm not convinced it would stay on with hot oil and pump pressure on it.
OK clever people. Reassemble clutch today and to get he basket in had to turn the crank by turning the timing timing sprocket. You have to lock to in place with a screw driver to get the cogs to line up. I obviously did it wrong first go and ended up tightening/turning the bolt. It's spec is 59nm. Question is, should I just leave it alone now, it's over torqued I expect but not stripped, or do I undo and torque to the correct setting?
Put a torque wrench on it with correct setting, then keep raising wrench setting and re trying till it does not click any more, that way, you'll know how over tight it is. If it's way way over I'd undo and redo it. If it is within a couple of NM/iib ft, then I reckon it'll be OK.
IMO, over torque is as bad as under torque. If you hit the plastic portion of the bolt’s tensile strength, it’s fekked. Andy
Undo it mate, if the thread is knackered it's knackered, if it's ok you can torque to the right torque.
May be worth finding out how over tight it is though? If it's literally a few NM, it'll be OK as most torque wrenches do quote a +/- tolerance.
See above Creamy, set torque wrench to the 59nm, then raise by 1 or 2nm each time. If the wrench clicks, then its tighter than the wrench setting, if not, raise setting again, and keep trying till it does not click, therefore that will show how tight the nut is. Does that explain it better mate ? Edit. As you raise the wrench setting, if it gets as high as kind of 65+ and its still clicking as you try to turn the nut, then its way over....
Only by 1 or 2 nm as you raise wrench torque though. If it was me, and I'd got the wrench as high as 65+nm and it was still clicking (which says its already that tight), then I'd say its too tight.
