Originally Posted by 70sSanO

Here my take on clamping force…

Thru axles are torqued to 10nm-15nm.

Axle nuts are torqued to 30nm.

There is no way a QR provides less clamping force that an axle nut, much less half that.

Since there are no dropout slots with a thru axle the clamping is not keeping the wheel from falling out. The torque just keeps the thru axle in place.

John