What Howard and Scott said. Frankly, the only reason I use one at all on the cassette lock ring is because the underside of the ring has that serrated surface to keep it from loosening that makes a clicking noise as you tighten. So it's somewhat difficult to know if you haven't gone far enough (therefore affecting shifting) or went too far (risking stripping the threads). It's nice to use one for the PW BB fixing rings, too, to prevent too much side load on the cartridge bearings, but you can get by without one just by the feel of the axle. As a side comment to what Howard said, too, I knew guys who worked assembly lines in auto factories and after using a torque wrench initially to get the feel for how much effort to apply to the fastener, they ditched it for a regular ratchet wrench and inspections would indicate that they were right one the money.
On Thursday, July 21, 2016 at 3:27:01 PM UTC-5, Howard Hatten wrote: > > Before I retired I worked in an automotive product test lab. We torqued > every fastener before testing. We utilized beam, click, & electronic type > torque wrenches. They all required periodic recalibration. > Personally I don't use a torque wrench anywhere on my bikes. Hope I'm not > screwing up. > > Howard > Livonia Mi > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
