selling a set of Zee brakes. one fella getting upset and asking if the hoses were changed using a torque wrench as according to him the nuts are really sensitive.

have changed/swapped hoses maybe a dozen times or more and have worked in a bike shop for six months and never saw one of the five mechanics using anything other than a normal spanner.

bear in mind i’m in Germany where everyone thinks that by chance of their birth they are engineers and anal retards in general….

I’ll stick my neck out and say nobody has ever used a torque wrench to chance a brake hose.

one fella getting upset…

Do you know the German for “sling yer hook”?

I’ll stick my neck out and say nobody has ever used a torque wrench to chance a brake hose.

Sorry to prove you wrong but I have. Always do with Magura’s with resin bodies or the newer carbotech bodies, don’t bother on Shimano/Hope/Anyone else, not even sure if Shimano etc have a suggested torque

Do you know the German for “sling yer hook”?

“geh weiter!”

or my preferred in Bavarian… “schlei di!” 🙂

not even sure if Shimano etc have a suggested torque

that is kind what i was thinking…..

have just had a look… 5-7Nm according to Shimano when installing the hose on their road bikes….