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My buddy in Detroit swore you need a torque wrench for bike brakes, and after 3 stripped bolts I stopped arguing
He watched me crank down the caliper bolts on my old Trek with a regular hex key, just guessing at tightness. Two weeks later the rear brake started rubbing and I snapped a bolt trying to fix it. A $40 beam torque wrench and a printed spec sheet would have saved me the $65 replacement caliper. Anyone else think "just feel it" is bad advice for small parts?
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reese_taylor691d ago
Its the same story everywhere, people skip the manual and just guess, then act shocked when stuff breaks. For small bolts especially, hand tight plus a quarter turn is how you end up at the hardware store looking for a thread repair kit.
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