Torque and Tightening
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Request: How to use a torque wrench to tighten bolts on bicycle components.
Status: We need more parts and/or tools before I can produce this tutorial. Any bike shop or company who is willing to donate parts/tools for this tutorial will receive credit. Contact me if you are interested.
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I wanted to propose a tutorial on how to know how much force to apply when tightening everything down. Newton-meters don’t mean much to a newbie like me.
Be sure to include a disclaimer as someone will no doubt destroy a $10k bike doing something stupid like over-torquing carbon.
I’m also interested in your perspectives on the use of torque wrenches and whether that’s genuinely necessary, or not.