Originally Posted by
Burton
Personaly I`ve worked with mostly FSA and Cane Creek threadless headsets myself - Cris King is one still outside my experience.
But how do you feel about that torque range spec yourself? 8 to 20 is a HUGE range! In fact the max is more than double the min - so what would be the determining factor in deciding how much is ideal?
That 8 to 20 inch-pound value wasn't meant as the range from one maker. However, to confirm the numbers rather than just going from memory, I just reread the installation sheets I have.
Chris King recommends 4-10 inch-pounds with a maximum of 15 inch-pounds so that's range of almost 4:1.
FSA recommends minimum of 105 inch-pounds (yes 105 minimum!!) to tighten the top cap of it's Conix compression plug. Personally, I've never come close to that torque when adjusting mine.
Cane Creek does just say to tighten the top cap until all play is gone but gives no torque spec.