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My lead mechanic in Dayton told me to torque by feel, and I stripped a customer's carbon seatpost clamp 2 weeks later
He said the torque wrench was 'for guys who don't know their own hands,' so I skipped the 5Nm spec on a $200 post and cracked the collar right in front of the guy picking up his bike, and now I'm wondering if any of you actually go by feel or if that was just his thing.
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miller.eva9d ago
That "for guys who don't know their own hands" line is such garbage, I had a shop lead say the same thing and I rounded out a stem bolt on a guy's bike the next week. Feel is fine for oil drain plugs maybe, but carbon clamps and small alloy bolts need a real number every single time.
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