Carbon bar, no torque wrench...will I die?

Rusty-Shackleford

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Fairly happy 'nipping up' grips, shifters and brakes until they feel right...less confident with the stem...tend to err on the side of 'good n tight' with an alu bar.

Use brain/judgement, or invest in a torque wrench?

Ta

Posted : 17/02/2012 11:44 am

br

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FFS just buy a TorqueKey, they are less than £15!

Posted : 17/02/2012 11:49 am

mr_mills

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Tighten until you hear a crunch, then back off quarter of a turn.

Posted : 17/02/2012 11:56 am

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br, you seem a little agitated, are you alright? Torque key, eh? Didn't even know these existed...I will take a look, thanks. Have a little sit down though fella, I'm worried about you :-*

mr_mills 😀

Posted : 17/02/2012 12:14 pm

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get everything even by feel plus look at the gaps around the stem clmap so the gaps are all even

also good to ehck that your stemp clamp area (as other brake clamps) has no sharp edges etc

Posted : 17/02/2012 12:20 pm

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