Originally Posted by
operator
Oh please. If you're the guy installing crank bolts without a torque wrench, you KNOW you have to keep rechecking the bolts after a ride or two to make sure they haven't come loose.
Yes you do and what you "know" is incorrect and damaging.
Originally Posted by
operator
You make it sound as if they only way you could ever put cranks on right is to use a torque wrench. And for the record "my cranks came loose" threads should also have an equal if not greater amount of threads that state "my cranks didn't come loose".
Either use a torque wrench or be experienced enough to know what 30-foot-pounds feels like without one. A lot of the "my cranks won't come off" threads are due to corrosion or serious distortion of the square taper by the repetative torquing I mentioned.