Me, I use mine only for crank bolts; this after cracking a very expensive Topline Superlight crank, some 18 years ago, by torquing down the mounting bolts too enthusiastically.
OTOH, if you adjust your bike with vise grips and pipe wrench, you really don't need to worry. On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 2:07 PM, Scott McLain <[email protected]> wrote: > Okay, I am relatively new here and don't want to sound like a heretic, but > I personally don't use a torque wrench. Certain torque wrenches need to be > re-calibrated periodically. I would be curious to know what bolt > connection the riv folks use a torque wrench for versus just putting things > on using common sense. > > I bought a new bike many years back from a new shop and the owner built it > up, all using a torque wrench. I was there as he was finishing up. I was > impressed. I thought, wow he's using a torque wrench. Well on my first > ride, my handle bars and my crank was loose... very loose. Obviously, he > needed a new torque wrench or to have his calibrated. > > I love the appeal that come with using a torque wrench, but I think you > still want to use common sense. > > -- 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.
