I recently found white paint on the engine mounting bolts. The paint on the bolts line up with paint on the frame. Is this something honda did as a check of some type or did someone have my engine out and they were put there to realign something. Just wondering
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Re:Paint Marks « Reply #1 on: March 23, 2003, 05:19:13 PM »
I think it's something from the assembley line. You find it on just about every bike. I imagines it so the next guy know the last guy got the bolts tight. Either that, or when a guy goes to lunch, he marks the last bolts he tightened, so when he comes back, he know where he left off.
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Re:Paint Marks « Reply #2 on: March 24, 2003, 06:57:42 PM »
They looked like they were either factory or from a real mechanic. I know on certain proceedure I've researched for auto repair The manual said to mark bolts like this but more for alignment of torsion bar suspensions and such.
I just was not sure why someone would mark the engine mounting bolts.
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Re:Paint Marks « Reply #3 on: March 25, 2003, 04:03:07 AM »
i've been told that they mark these things when they've been torqued down (don't want any loose engine bolts rolling off the assembly line), and that also serves as a double check for the initial check up--to make sure nothing came loose.
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