Quote Originally Posted by Vodka View Post
ok lang yan. we all started out as n00bs. just learn from the mistakes.

speaking of mistakes. when i was young some idiot at the tire shop over-torqued my lug nuts so the stud broke another time i was tightening the pinch bolts on an expensive Fox mountain bike fork. cracking the magnesium casting made a horrible sound LOL.

so guess what i now use torque wrenches pretty much everywhere, even on small allen heads

Agreed on the over-torquing thing. Very possible to strip the bolts and have them suddenly fail, more unpredictable and catastropic failure mode compared to under-tightened nuts.

Kaya I don't like it when shops use a breaker bar to tighten the lugnuts. Hand-tight lang with the cross wrench is more than enough, although having a proper torque wrench is ideal.