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Royal Enfield Himalayan Crank Nut Fix



The nut you see at the center of the picture is what I believe to be a major potential screw up in the Royal Enfield Himalayan. I say this because it needs to be torqued to a right value so that it doesn’t come loose. If it comes loose then the woodruff key locating the crank to the flywheel shears and the crank refuses to turn when you fire the electric starter motor. Without a kick start you are left immobilized. Jump starting the motorcycle is impossible since the crank isn’t rotating.

While replacing the coil of my friend's Himalayan at the Royal Enfield dealership in Ratnagiri, he asked the technician to check if the nut was torqued properly. The technician found a ring spanner, slotted it around the nut and whacked the spanner with his hand. No torque wrench. I’m not sure if he even knew what a torque wrench looked like. And this isn’t a roadside mechanic who uses brute force for any and everything. This is a supposedly trained and certified technician at an official Royal Enfield workshop. If this is the way certified technicians work on motorcycles then Royal Enfield should have used a lock nut instead of a regular cheap nut.

If you own a Himalayan, then next time you take it for a service, ask the technician to use a couple of drops of loctite or something similar to secure this nut properly. If you don’t own a Himalayan, do your good deed for the day and share this with someone who does.
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I prefer to wash my bike before I work on it. Reduces the amount of dirt that can get inside.

You want the green wick in loctite there -290, no disassembly.

How long has this model been released? It will take some time for all its 'character' to be revealed (reviled) and a bit longer for the good fixes/mods to be worked out. The other models have been around so long now they are accepted as part and parcel, if you want that bike these are the ting that go along with it. Like airhead bms - they have known 'character'.
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