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If you are measuring 14/15/14, then use DB14. If 15/16/15, then use DB15.

You'll be clamping the thin section is each case.

Typically when using SS14, I get tension to the point such such that two lines fall between 80 and 75. However, I'll have one line a tad closer to 80 while the other is a tad further from 75. This is what I consider to be @110 kgf which is my goal on rear drive side.

Point being is...you're allowed to estimate.

I find the Wheelsmith tool quicker to work with - while the Park version has a more comprehensive, broken out and detailed chart with a little more resolution.

The Wheelsmith tool is 10X sturdier too - I practically get a heart attack any time the Park tool ponders the edge of a table.

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