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10-30-09, 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Luke52

When I originally got my BB7s, I was really cautious about everything (being my first brake swap) and I asked the guy at the bike shop "On a scale of 1-10, how important is it to get the correct torque in the rotor bolts?"

His reply: "Around a 2?"

And his word is apparently gospel? Right...

Rebuild a wheel because you stripped a hole in the front hub disc mount then come back and say how unimportant correct torque on a rotor bolt is.

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