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allen screws and torque
I take it allen screws (or "socket head cap
screws") and hex bolts have the same standard torque values? If I read the charts [1] correctly, if you find an allen screw on your bike that takes a 4mm allen key, then its an M5, and assuming "clean, dry threads" with 8.8 "relative strength marking", the maximum torque is 6Nm? I rode my bike some 40km yesterday, and noticed a couple of things. One was that the left shifter and hand brake was just a bit (~1mm) too high, while the right one, while at the same level, was just right. Later, I was done fixing that, I checked with the torque wrench, and both screws fell just a little short of the prescribed 6 and 10Nm for M5 and M6, respectively. [1] http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573/allen-torque/ -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 |
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