[Closed] Torque to me.....

I got a BBB one with 3,4,5,6,8 mm allen and a torx bit for discs for around £50. not the best in the world but it would do. I never realised how much I was over tightening things until I started using it!

Maybe you weren't. Does it have an up to date calibration certificate? 🙂

I use this, its a bit low range for some things, but sho[url= http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=8071 ]Park[/url]uld be fine on carbon

Lets not do this one again people - it's Friday afternoon FFS, nearly home time. Think of the children!!!!! 😆

I wonder why I put the link in the middle of the word 🙁

*resists for a few seconds....*

Never uesd one and don't see the need.

LOLs at users of uncalibrated torque wrenches...

😉

LOLs at users of uncalibrated torque wrenches...

Generating angst for a whole new bunch of cyclists! 🙂

just bought a ritchey torque key preset to 5nm will check it against my calibrated torque wrench before using it though

Great. How many others can say the same though...

How far out are torque wrenches generally?

like most things that need to be recalibrated not very far at all.

yep and you will use your wrench at all times in conditions required for ISO 6789, so make sure you hold the wrench at the correct angle and ensure your bike shed is at the correct temperature (20degs C) and humidity (55%) to ensure accuracy etc etc.

for small stuff better to develop sensible feel with your hand..5Nm is nothing

for small stuff better to develop sensible feel with your hand

How do you propose to do that without a torque wrench?

Experience of shearing off bolts 😳

Heh (-:

Swerving hazardly back on topic, I've been eyeing up [url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sealey-STW1012-Torque-Micrometer-1-47-17-70lb-ft/dp/B000RO1ZCG ]this[/url] for a while. Thoughts?

Nip it up until it snaps and then back off a quarter of a turn?

Is that not how you correctly tighten stuff?

You can do it by ear too with carbon. Tighten until you hear a crack then back off 1/4 turn

I have the small I-beam Park one, though seems a lot of money for what you get. Ebay have some cheap I-beam ones - I thought about getting a bigger torque range one, anyone tried these?

Now, now Clubber.... 😉

Cougar, with skill based on experience. For non essential fastners (mtb stuff is not aerospace etc and tolerances and procedures are pretty basic level) if you do a lot of spannering, maintaining plant and engines etc you develop a good feel for hand tools etc, to use the right ones, and how much to tighten stuff.... I can see if you lacked experience then little torque tools might help, but many users don' t seem to understand them - you see people use their wrench to do to a Nm range, but the instructions never state whether that is with dry threads, lubed, thread lock, plated fastners, unplated, fastner material, female thread material, condition etc all that effects the result. For example if you use ARP conrod bolts (engines) they give you ranges to suit a variety of conditions etc etc, you don't seem to get that level of information with mtb parts and seeing every mechanic thread in the mags tell people to smear assemble everything with grease, how can tell what is going on.... Having said all that a decent torque wrench used with understanding is very useful tool.. As for little wrenches, facom, norbar, torqueleader, snap on, stahlwhille et al all make nice screwdriver based wrenches... Anyhow just my honest opinion. Cheers Si

A friend who's a mechanic lent me his once. He told me to slacken it off once I've used it as it stops it losing its accuracy as badly as if it's left wound on. Just a bit of advice, which I keep forgetting now I've got my own.

Yes wind them back down after use is best. Britool recommend for thiers to set by winding up and past the setting you require, the slowly winding back down to the setting you actually require.

Tighten it 'not very tight', and then mince down as before. You will be fine for sure....

Re my last post i meant the other way round! Always wind up to the setting you want, even if that means coming down from a higher setting used before then winding back up ..

Nvt is the opposite of 'FT' ie fu@king tight!

Norbar from Cromwell tools, the tollerence on their torque wrenches is 4% , they do one with a removable head so you can get spanner ends which comes in handy if you are using for other duties .