masi61

Thank you - good suggestions! I go in and out of mechanical proficiency. Having the intellectual knowledge of bicycle mechanics without sufficient real world skills/application does show up. Don't know about others who make these minor mis-steps but for me, the end result is often improved set-up and execution of my bike thanks to my own learning curve on how to optimize many of the little things that makes a modern bike function just a little bit better...

masi61

Update:

I got the bike ready for this afternoon’s ride & was able to take a look at the interior threads of my Dura Ace 7700 freehub body. Seems I ripped one row of aluminum thread from the lock ring when I overtorqued it.



I cleaned out the sharp wire with some Q-tips soaked in solvent. I cleaned the lockring threads real good as well as inner threads on the freehub body. Then I applied thick grease to the f

masi61

...Then I applied thick grease to the SRAM lockring and spread it out with my finger. All the lawnmowers in the neighborhood are deafening loud this time of year and I had to go to a quiet spot in my basement in order to hear the click on my Harbor Freight torque wrench. I took it up to 20, then 29 pound/feet and all is well. I guess I will be more careful in the future.

Cyclist0108

Unfortunately, those things are easy to misthread and strip, even with a perfectly functioning torque wrench.

BTW, on both of mine, the "click" is as much feel as sound. Does yours do that?

masi61

Yes, I believe you can feel it as well as hear it. On this particular day, I think I must have been quite distracted. I was trying to wrap things up on the bike mechanic front because I had a big colander of freshly picked Basil that had been rinsed in the kitchen waiting to be turned into Pesto.

When I started fresh with my bike mechanic task the second time I did much better. I really struggle with the chrome plating and the units on these cheap torque wrenches though. One of these days I'm doing to splurge on a proper - USA made, 1/2 drive torque wrench that reads directly in newton meters and doesn't require squinting.

Cyclist0108

I have this one:

https://www.parktool.com/product/rat...Torque%20Tools




There is a similar one for lower settings, (but I cheaped out and got something else).
https://www.parktool.com/product/rat...-wrench-tw-5-2

robertorolfo

Yes, I do this often as well. It seems like a simple precautionary measure.

CyclingFool95 

Last night, trying to torque 25 in-lbs on the 1/4 drive wrench I kept going through the stop. Couldn't hear it or feel it. Finally I put a finger lightly across the gap between shaft and head. For the 5 times in 4 years that I've used these, I'll stick with the cheap ones though.

The chrome is a little tough. If it really bothers you, you could try filling the enraged marks with ink.

I used this site to convert NM to ft-lbs they can do in-lbs too

https://www.metric-conversions.org/e...oot-pounds.htm