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I don't have a torque wrench and I had to make a few adjustments on my
carbon frame to my: 1) carbon seat post height - it kept slipping until I tightened it to a point where it stopped slipping. I am concerned that it is over the specification. Will it turn up with problems over time or can I be assured if it didn't do damage to the seat tube immediately, it won't develop in future 2) clamp on derailleur which was too high so I lowered it to the proper height. I counted the turns to loosen the clamp on the seat tube to use when I tightened it back. However, since I do not trust that the guys who put this together at the LBS used a torque wrench, I have the same question for the derailleur clamp as I have for the seat post clamp. There are no current problems but it the clamp was pretty tight and made me nervous. Any ongoing risk at this point to damage over time? BTW, does anyone have a good recommendation for a torque wrench. The Park TW-1 only goes from 0-60 inch pounds while I have some specs for 80 to 90 inch pounds. The TW-2 goes from 0-600 inch pounds and seems like fine tuning at 70-80 inch pounds might be too hard to achieve. Any suggestions? |
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Per KnowWhen2HoldemKnowWhen2Foldem:
The TW-2 goes from 0-600 inch pounds and seems like fine tuning at 70-80 inch pounds might be too hard to achieve. Any suggestions? I like having two. The little one goes from zero to something like 14 inch pounds and the big one goes somewhere beyond 50 nm. -- PeteCresswell |
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Per (PeteCresswell):
14 inch oops... shb 140 -- PeteCresswell |
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On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 23:58:16 -0400, "KnowWhen2HoldemKnowWhen2Foldem"
wrote: I don't have a torque wrench and I had to make a few adjustments on my carbon frame to my: 1) carbon seat post height - it kept slipping until I tightened it to a point where it stopped slipping. I am concerned that it is over the specification. Will it turn up with problems over time or can I be assured if it didn't do damage to the seat tube immediately, it won't develop in future 2) clamp on derailleur which was too high so I lowered it to the proper height. I counted the turns to loosen the clamp on the seat tube to use when I tightened it back. However, since I do not trust that the guys who put this together at the LBS used a torque wrench, I have the same question for the derailleur clamp as I have for the seat post clamp. There are no current problems but it the clamp was pretty tight and made me nervous. Any ongoing risk at this point to damage over time? BTW, does anyone have a good recommendation for a torque wrench. The Park TW-1 only goes from 0-60 inch pounds while I have some specs for 80 to 90 inch pounds. The TW-2 goes from 0-600 inch pounds and seems like fine tuning at 70-80 inch pounds might be too hard to achieve. Any suggestions? Hi, check out Sears, they may have a Craftsman model that will work for you. I use a Craftsman that I have had for the last 30 years. Life is Good! Jeff |
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Jeff Starr wrote in
: Hi, check out Sears, they may have a Craftsman model that will work for you. I use a Craftsman that I have had for the last 30 years. The Sears Craftsman torque wrenches look identical to the ones sold by Park, except that Sears charges 30% less. |
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Ken wrote:
The Sears Craftsman torque wrenches look identical to the ones sold by Park, except that Sears charges 30% less. Forget both of those, this is what REAL mechanics use: http://sheldonbrown.com/tork-grip.html -- K. |
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Ken wrote: Jeff Starr wrote in : Hi, check out Sears, they may have a Craftsman model that will work for you. I use a Craftsman that I have had for the last 30 years. The Sears Craftsman torque wrenches look identical to the ones sold by Park, except that Sears charges 30% less. Does sears carry the smaller one like the tw-1? I have looked, but have been unable to locate this one. -nate |
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"Llatikcuf" wrote in
oups.com: Does sears carry the smaller one like the tw-1? I have looked, but have been unable to locate this one. They used to. I haven't looked recently. |
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If you can make an "extension" for the 60 inch-lb torque wrench, it can be
made to cover a higher range. One way to do this would be to alter a socket/ratchet extension so it places the socket a known distance beyond the end of the torque wrench. Then multiply all readings by the ratio of the combined length (extension + torque wrench) to the original torque wrench length. |
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Király wrote: Ken wrote: The Sears Craftsman torque wrenches look identical to the ones sold by Park, except that Sears charges 30% less. Forget both of those, this is what REAL mechanics use: http://sheldonbrown.com/tork-grip.html -- Hah! Torque wrenches and all those other fancy tools are put near the front of the shop to impress the customers. Here's what is really used, out back, behind the scenes where the real work gets done: http://tinyurl.com/k7ogp ;-) |
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