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04-20-2022, 02:10 PM #7426Registered User
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"tighten it up till it breaks and back off 1/4 turn " was a favorite saying at coffee shop where we swapped war stories
I used to sometimes fix HW in another guys area, buddy was 6'5" 300lbs, he had huge hands, a pretty good tech but he overtightened everything so it was in your own best interest to assume everything was overtightened, fortunately he went into softwareLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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04-20-2022, 02:11 PM #7427
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04-20-2022, 02:15 PM #7428
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04-20-2022, 02:16 PM #7429
Now that I have a 3/8” drive torque wrench I do end up torquing my lock ring, but that’s really just because I’m a little OCD (ok, moderately OCD), and can’t handle the thought of not doing it ‘properly’ if I have the tools available.
Never had an issue the 100’s of times I did it without a torque wrench…
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04-20-2022, 02:24 PM #7430Registered User
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after hundreds of thousands of iddy biddy fasteners I have an " inner torque wrench" so I don' torque much but some things you definalty need a torque wrench for
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04-20-2022, 02:25 PM #7431
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04-20-2022, 02:35 PM #7432
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04-20-2022, 02:52 PM #7433Registered User
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Back in the day american cars were huge they all had steel rims, we used an air wrench on the wheel nuts, I never eva torqued the wheel nuts on any of the tire work I did
but that was like in the 70'sLast edited by XXX-er; 04-20-2022 at 03:14 PM.
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04-20-2022, 03:08 PM #7434
I used to go all caveman on the stuff that required 40+ Nm and torque by hand (real fucking tight minus a bit) but a couple years ago I trashed a cassette lockring and had a moment of panic thinking I had stripped the HG hub body. Had another incident with Ms Boissal's bike and an overly tight lockring which cost me 4 knuckles after the chain whip slipped off somehow and I ended up punching the cassette.
These days I have a 1/4" drive wrench for low torque stuff and a 3/8" for the other end of the spectrum and I'm pretty much doing everything with torque control. I find it easier to keep track of the bits that my various allen wrenches which are never where I think I've left them. Took me a couple of wrenching sessions to learn the recommended torque for most stuff and now it's part of my process and I don't think it costs me too much extra time."Your wife being mad is temporary, but pow turns do not get unmade" - mallwalker the wise
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04-20-2022, 03:51 PM #7435Registered User
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I tighten by feel anything I might adjust on the trail (stem to steerer clamp, brake clamps, seatpost clamp, pedals, axles, etc.). I figure if there's a chance I'd have to, say, readjust brake levers after a crash by feel, it's good enough to do it like that in the garage.
Basically everything else gets torqued, particularly cranks, cassettes, and any pivot bolts. I especially do it for anything requiring many ugga-duggas, so that I'm able to actually undo the thing at a later date.
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04-20-2022, 04:28 PM #7436
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04-20-2022, 04:46 PM #7437
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04-20-2022, 06:10 PM #7438
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04-20-2022, 06:20 PM #7439
Does no one put the lock ring tool in a vice anymore?
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04-20-2022, 06:34 PM #7440
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04-20-2022, 09:41 PM #7441
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04-21-2022, 10:29 AM #7442
I don’t know how to calculate 50Nm in a vise/steering wheel/twisting motion.
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04-21-2022, 10:46 AM #7443
Depends on wheel circumference!
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04-21-2022, 11:19 AM #7444
Prolly just one Ugga Dugga.
Sent from my iPhone using TGR ForumsHowever many are in a shit ton.
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04-21-2022, 11:37 AM #7445one of those sickos
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ride bikes, climb, ski, travel, cook, work to fund former, repeat.
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04-21-2022, 11:38 AM #7446
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04-21-2022, 11:40 AM #7447one of those sickos
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04-21-2022, 12:15 PM #7448Registered User
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04-21-2022, 01:06 PM #7449one of those sickos
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Nope. Those are file tread tires--they are supposed to be that way. That one only has like 400 miles on it. I didn't expect it to work, but it's fine. The gravel tires with knobs don't really work much better since the knobs are so short. I just ride with the knowledge that I have minimal traction.
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04-21-2022, 03:54 PM #7450
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