Originally Posted by
Dosu
Oh sorry the 1/4" at the lowest is 20 in lbs so that's 2.3nm, so the 1/4" should be good and I should find a 3/8" with a higher top range? What would be around the max I would need for a bike?
I use my 1/4" for most of the small fasteners but I still find myself using the 3/8" quite a bit -especially for things like the Freehub mounting bolt to the hub (after I flush it with new lube) and the cassette mounting bolt after putting the rear wheel back together after Freehub and bearing service. BB cups, and pedal spindles are another thing that the 1/4" doesn't quite go high enough for off the top of my head. I feel all of these are important to get the right torque on and all of this stuff is on my yearly overhaul list.
YMMV.