Thread: Torque Wrenches
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Old 06-29-09 | 02:23 PM
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FLYcrash
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Hi. If you give us more than a text dump from an owner's manual, you'll probably get more responses. It is unclear from your post exactly what parts of your new recumbent need service/assembly.

What you copied into your post are torque specifications for how tight various bolts are to be tightened. If you search the forums you'll encounter many different philosophies about torque specs, but I think it's typical that mechanics tend to measure torques for particularly burly or critical parts (like cranks and stems) and for delicate parts (like carbon fiber bits) and do the rest by feel.

Park Tool makes a good pair of torque wrenches. I have the larger, 3/8" wrench, and it is quite satisfactory.
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