Originally Posted by
wrr1020
So is there a huge difference between 7nm and 8nm? Since the requirement for one of the seatpost bolts requires 7-8 nm i'd think torquing to 7 would be fine since it still falls under the required specs but if i need to do it at 8 i might have to get something else other than the tm-1 that i'm about to order.
You'll be fine with 7 N-m. Plus that's another advantage of the beam type wrench, you can extend a little past the last measured value and just estimate about how far you've gone and extrapolate the scale accordingly.