James Swan wrote:
>I had a uncle who was a engineer, mechanic, machinist and full time
>professional builder of dragster engines. His theory was that torque
>specs were established by having a seasoned mechanic tighten the
>thing and then see what the spec was with a torque wrench.
I'll buy that. I've never needed nor used a torque wrench, since I don't work on eternal consumption engines. There is no bicycle application where a torque wrench is needed.
Also, I have never seen nor heard of a cone wrench attachment that would work with a torque wrench, though I suppose it coud be done with a Tork-Grip (Tm).
Sheldon "http://sheldonbrown.com/tork-grip" Brown
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