Re: [CR]wing nuts and torque

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From: <RaleighPro531@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 18:50:40 EST
Subject: Re: [CR]wing nuts and torque
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 3/30/2002 6:35:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, ebfeinberg@attbi.com writes:


> The lever arm moment on wing nuts is less than an inch. With track nuts and
> a "peanut butter wrench" it is about 6 or 7 inches. I would worry that I
> could not torque down the wing nuts adequately.

I don't think I've ever tightened down wingnuts on something that needed to be really tight without resorting to an adjustable wrench!

Pete Geurds
Douglassville, PA