Originally Posted by
Papa Tom
And I will probably ride my 1996 GT Outpost until either I - or it - drops dead. So should I toss all those other lockring tools, or try to sell them?
Also, in a thread that I started elsewhere about my cassette coming loose, several people commented that you need to tighten the lockring until your knuckles bleed. In this thread, lots of people are saying that it doesn't need to be so tight, which is what I remember from previous removals and reinstalls. Which is it?
I tighten the cassette lockring and and my BBs to the recommended torque using a torque wrench. The recommended torque for my cassette lockring it is about 25 ft lb. It takes some effort to get it that tight. However, the tightening specs are usually given as a range; and I tighten most of my fasteners to the low end of the range.