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09-18-13 | 09:52 AM

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merlinextraligh

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Originally Posted by Looigi

I'll just mention that a crows foot changes the torque reading. Google it for many sites that explain how to correct for it.

It may be easier to simply use a fish scale and pull perpendicularly on a pedal wrench to torque the pedals. Torque is length between the pedal spindle and where the scale pulls multiplied by the force. (to convert kg to N, multiply by 9.8) 1kg=9.8N

Reading between the lines, I think it has to be good and tight to work, but it doesn't need to be mathematically precise for accurate readings. So, I'm going to just try it by feel first.

34-40nm is definitely tighter than I routinely tighten pedals. Put a lot of grease on them first, in the hopes they'll be easier to remove.

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