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I always thought a 5mm hex was fine for brake caliper bolts
A guy at the shop in Tacoma told me I was rounding them out by using the short end of my L-wrench. He said to only use the long end for enough torque, and to check them at 8 Nm, not just 'tight'. I mean, I'd been doing it my way for years, but after he showed me a few chewed-up bolts from other bikes, I switched. Now I keep a torque wrench set to 8 on my bench just for those. Anyone else have a simple tip that saved a bunch of parts?
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sethp269d agoMost Upvoted
Ever feel like you're the last one to learn something basic? I torqued a stem bolt right through a carbon steerer once... that was a very quiet, expensive lesson. Now I just assume I don't know the right tightness for anything.
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riley_garcia8d agoTop Commenter
Okay but is that really a lesson you need to keep learning forever? A torque wrench is like twenty bucks and then you just look up the spec. It's not some deep mystery after the first time.
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