I am very much a “by feel” kind of tech guy. It’s why I like steel so much. It allows you to operate in that manner as long as you are sensible and not a brute and know your tools. I have torque wrenches, the old fashioned kind where the arm bends and the arrow at the end points to the weight you are applying. I rarely use them these days except when I need to loosen some old, too tight part with a long arm for leverage. Mostly I have a Allen set that I got a long time ago that has longer than normal arms, but not too long. Tightening a nitto quill with one of these is perfect because it is impossible to over tighten without attaching some long arm to the Allen. Basically I just tighten until the wrench starts to hurt my hand alittle. Very unscientific! But I have never had a too loose or two tight issue using this method with metal parts.
I loved it when Jan at Compass came out with his “peanut butter knife” crank bolt wrench for his René Herse cranks. It is basically a copy of the classic Campagnolo tool. This tool fits perfectly around the crank bolt and is shaped specifically for optimal hand tightening of the crank bolt. Just tighten until your hand hurts and it is tight enough! I would not use this method with m5 rack, bottle and fender bolts though! One could easily strip or snap those! I’m ginger with those. My probably not too useful two cents on a cold Sunday morning nursing a cold. Bill in Westchester, NY -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
