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Old 06-02-05 | 08:56 PM
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Bikes: Schwinn LeTour, Giant TCR2, Fetish Cycles SAC Aero, Fixed gear Pursuit bike, Fixed gear Raleigh, Hoffman Momentum Flatland

Originally Posted by sydney
Rubbish! Ya don't need a torque wrench to tighten stem bolts on a CF steerer.But if you insist,get the best www.SheldonBrown.com/tork-grip
Pretty funny, and only 3 posts in, I knew it was coming though, how tight should they be then?
Originally Posted by seely
If you install a starnut you will strip the epoxy/resin layer off the carbon fiber and SERIOUSLY compromise the integrity of the fork. Its like folding heavy card stock... if you put a light cut in it, it folds very easily but if you don't score it, it is very difficult to fold.
This makes sense! Thank you, now, what do I need and where do I get it(online if available)?
Originally Posted by seely
And YES a torqure wrench is ESSENTIAL. No offense, it sounds like you don't know what you are doing and don't have the right tools... take it to an experienced shop and don't risk ruining your expensive fork.
I don't know what I am doing here(with this fork that is), and that's why I asked! And no offense to you, but my bike will not be going to a shop almost definantly(sp?). None of my bikes over the last few years have been to any shops, and I don't plan on starting with this one. I can get a torque wrench if you guys really think it's that important, I will, my dad works in a machine shop and my neighbor has one also. So what do I need, inch-pound; foot-pound; or inch-ounce?(something is telling me foot/inch-pound and not ounce, but which?)
Thanks for all the help guys!
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