WOW - 6newtons is pretty tight

Brian B

After many years of just hand tightening seat collars and bars etc I purchased a torque wrench and tightened my seat clamp to 6 newtons as stated. As this wrench is new I am guessing its accurate and I even set it probably lower to account for any parallax error on my behalf. Its not OTT tight and I could probably tighten more by hand if I really went hell for leather but what I am trying to say is that 6n has been more than I have went when tightening by hand in the past (probably ).

jackc6549

Remember the stated torque is a maximum, you should be aiming for the least amount possible to prevent slippage. I read somewhere between 10-20% less than the max is the highest you should be tightening too.

Back to the original statement, I agree 6nm requires more effort than I originally expected. I used to tighten the seat post clamp on my allez using a standard length hex key. I'd tighten it to the extent where anymore felt like overkill. After obtaining a Ritchey torquey, I was amazed/shocked that it tightened the clamp even more before clicking out and it was only rated at 5nm.

sigorman85

I'm used to tank track and road wheels on a challenger 2 main battle tank at 550 nm to 700nm so I have no feel for it on my bike :-s

homers_double

Just use a scaffold bar for leverage.

TheHound

Are 6 newtons the same as 6 oldtons?

... I'll get my coat.

desweller

Newton metres.

Not newtons.