Originally Posted by bulgie

Yep me too, I'm a greaser who has never owned a torque wrench. I use a ratchet wrench most often but it's the same length as a peanutbutter, just a bit more comfy on the hand so I might get them a bit tighter than most people would with a PB wrench. I don't re-tighten them after riding, it's set-and-forget until the next servicing. My cranks stay on and don't split or get wallowed out. When I was racing I trained and raced in all weather, so my NR BB bearings got repacked on the regular, lots of removal/re-installs, so if I was doing damage to my cranks, I would have noticed it. Oh and I probably did my first in about 1971, a tad more years than Steel Charlie . Some of those years I was a paid wrench at a LBS.

I'm not trying to get anyone else to do it my way, I just know what works for me.