Originally Posted by Plainsman

I've got another BB thread going, but since this still pertains to torque I figure I'll ask it here. Some posters have said they would only use a torque wrench for a Bottom Bracket. How do you do that with Shimano's external bearings? I have a torque wrench now, and I also have the Shimano tool made especially to tighten the cups on the BB (Ultegra Fm-6600). How can you tighten something to torque if the component does not even except an allen bit?