I own one but I only use it for really sensitive stuff- cylinder heads and the like. Never really felt the need on the pushbikes, except to get the feel for the right tightness on my XTR cranks. I've got quite well calibrated torquefingers.
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do you use a torque wrench.....
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Ritchley one is cheap, but is preset to 5NM - do people just 'do it a bit more' with a spanner for the 6, 7NM settings. and 'almost but not quite' for the 4NM, or just do everything at 5 and reckon that's better than cranking it as tight as? (considering buying one now after reading this thread, but wanting to spend as little as sensibly possible for a rarely-used tool.....
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I got one of these. Works really well.
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I use them all the time.
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I never owned one or felt the need for the last 20 years but got one recently. I have since discovered that the annoying creak on my road bike was from the crank bolts that weren't quite tight enough.
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was pondering this with a carbon bike and bits on the way - just ordered the Giant one, thanks
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didn't use one for years, and relied on "experience" as many wrenches know, you get a "feel" for how tight things should be
started using them religiously in a new company (as a mechanic) and was shocked how many bolts were actually overtightened despite my "experience"
if you actually install a component like a Thomson X4 stem by hand with Park multi-tool or P-handle hex wrench, and then try checking it with a torque wrench, it can be quite revealing...
many of the bikes we see into our workshop have had internet purchased components installed at home "by hand" and the majority are overtightened with for example, stretched clamps on the stem faceplates, seatclamps and Shimano HT2 crankarm pinch bolts
always better to be tighter than looser, but we use torque wrenches for every bolt / lockring we fasten, and I purchased a "Pro" (madison) torque wrench for home use as I am working on Thomson, Easton, etc. at home on my own bikes
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My lbs once told me there for people who don't know what there doing when i purchased my new bike. 3 rides later my crank arm fell off...
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@Jamesy
in my experience, LBS (or any bike shop) that won't insist on use of torque wrenches in their workshops don't know what they are doing!!
a previous employer I worked for as a mechanic, would not pay for the torque wrenches that I repeatedly asked for, or their maintenance (re-calibration), which told me a lot about their attitude to both their mechanics and their customers
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