Torque Wrench WANTED

[Wylie]

As above.. The Norbar ones are spot on. There are some nice preset 'Bit drivers' that are calibrated to indicate when 5nm is reached, ideal if your on a budget and just want to torque up bars, controls etc. Buying 2nd hand is false economy as a potentially inaccurate wrench is useless.

yeh i saw some ritchey ones for carbon stems/bars etc, very handy. i think the BBB wrench set i saw on IDB1's link seems like it could be good. would i need any values outside of 25Nm for say BB / Crank Arms?

 

[jamabikes]

Shimano say about 37-40nm iirc

 

[IDB1]

Thomson stems and seatposts require settings under 10nm (5 - 7 iirc)

 

[Wylie]

Shimano say about 37-40nm iirc

Most of the bike specific ones i've seen are 5-25Nm, which means there no good for torquing crank arms, which is kinda the main reason i want one. Dont they make them with a better range? - like 2-50Nm. That would cover all components

 

[the great roberto]

Make sure if you are going to torque stuff up that you use the correct figure. And whether that figure is wirh the threads dry or lubricated.
Thomson have a torque figure that is for lubricated threads.

It does make a large difference.