I've used these stems for a couple forevers, and never felt the "need" to use a wrench with the nut, but I always do. The "shelf," or maybe "ledge" is better?, isn't particularly deep, so I think using a wrench makes for more secure tightening. I'm also pretty retentive when it comes to this stuff, and if you don't use a wrench, when you torque down there's enough wiggle room for the nut to rotate maybe 5~10deg, so the nut flat isn't parallel to the ledge. My wrench fixes that.
Never seen a need for an extra washer, lubed threads and proper torque locks it down solid. I have at times under-torqued it in the stand, figuring I'd tighten it fully after making sure the bar angle was correct. If it's a 2am job, once in a while the final tightening doesn't get done in the stand. I usually figure that out as soon as it leaves the stand, though. Paul Brodek Hillsdale, NJ USA On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 2:00:32 PM UTC-4, Joe Bernard wrote: > > "Why are so many opposed to using a simple wrench on a nut as Nitto > intended for this model stem?" > > I don't think it's "opposed" so much as the other Nitto stems - like most > one-bolt stems - don't work that way. I've had a bunch of both models and > don't think I've ever used a wrench on that nut, it wouldn't have occurred > to me. > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/37335de4-9608-40f6-bf0c-60f52aff734do%40googlegroups.com.
