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  • 15 ft lbs torque without a torque wrench – howmuchissit by feel?
  • psychle
    Free Member

    Finger tight and then how much more? Swinging off the allan key? Any clues as to how much is enough here?

    cheers 🙂

    Posted 11 years ago
    jkomo
    Full Member

    It’s less than a lot, but more than not much.

    I would say with a normal length Allen key, just tIghten then nip it up.
    Use lock tight as well maybe?
    40 nm is a lot of force on a long bar, if that helps.
    Where are you? You can have a go on a cheap torque wrench if you are worried.
    What are you tightening.

    Posted 11 years ago
    paladin
    Full Member

    If your spanner is 6″ long, pick up something which weighs 30lbs. You want to replicate that weight in your hand when tightening the spanner.

    Or a 1 foot spanner would be 15 lbs

    Posted 11 years ago
    mikewsmith
    Free Member

    enough, just enough, no that was too much

    Posted 11 years ago
    5thElefant
    Free Member

    Cut a bit of wood to 2′ in length. Make a seesaw out of it with 15lb on the end (a large cat will do). Push down until the cat is off the ground.

    Posted 11 years ago
    Rorschach
    Free Member

    Bit more than getting a stuck ketchup bottle open but not quite red faced tight (and certainly not wee coming out tight).
    About the same force as throttling a small mammal/child.

    Posted 11 years ago
    CharlieMungus
    Free Member

    He said mammal, not camel!! See it’s too tight now!

    Posted 11 years ago
    paladin
    Full Member

    5thElefant – Member
    Cut a bit of wood to 2′ in length. Make a seesaw out of it with 15lb on the end (a large cat will do). Push down until the cat is off the ground

    A tiger?

    Posted 11 years ago
    singlespeedstu
    Full Member

    Tighten it until it strips then back it off one.

    Posted 11 years ago
    brodie
    Free Member

    Three full turns past finger tight.

    Muuuhaaaaaahaaaa 😈

    Posted 11 years ago
    Tom-B
    Free Member

    I normally just tighten until I round the bolt-it’s not gonna move then….just nip it down to the lbs to get them to remove it (obviously I pay them in Lidl biscuits rather than money)

    Cheers

    Danny B

    Posted 11 years ago
    IanMunro
    Free Member

    Just use superglue instead.

    Posted 11 years ago
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