Originally Posted by
fixedmonkey
BTW shimanos instructions are written by Engineers, while being very good most of the time, can be overly technical. 16lbs of tork is a Engineers way of saying, tighten down hard.
Yep, it's like when car manuals tell you what torque to put your spark plugs in with. It's the technical way to say "Snug, and just a tiny bit further."