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So what is the recommendation for home mechanics who don’t want to crush their parts or have things loosen off?
cheekysnaker-
Calibrated fingers. I've never broken anything.
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Multi-prong attack
- Threadlock (stem bolts, disc rotor bolts, handlebar attachments)
- Assembly paste (stem / bars)
- Beam wrench or Torque key or both for low-medium torques
- Big beam or clicker for high torques (i.e. crank arms, cassette lockrings, BB cups)
- Threadlock (stem bolts, disc rotor bolts, handlebar attachments)
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Beam wrenches would be my recommendation; Topeak do one that is suitable for lower torques (think it goes up to 8 Nm or so?), and any big one (Draper, Halfords, etc.) should do for BBs etc.
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Howard
Thrustvector
True; and in a good workshop (that doesn't abuse them by dropping them etc.) they're likely to be used often enough to stop them gumming up. For home mechanics that only torque stuff up once in a blue moon the breakaway torque can be significantly off.