Re: NE Tech day wrench notes/observations

["Brandon Hull" <brandon@cardinalventures.com>]

What a great day it sounds like!

I'm curious as to how you _re_ -torqued the crank pulley bolt?  There aren't
many torque wrenches that go up to 330 lb. ft.  When I did it, I ballasted
my wife's pockets to achieve exactly 110lbs, then had her dangle three feet
out on a pipe over the breaker bar.

Brandon H.


> I was able to loosen the crank pulley bolt on some of the
> Qs using only a 2.5 ft 1/2 craftsman breaker bar on a
> 6pt 27mm socket.  It was a bit scary how undertorqued the crank
> bolts were - I've dealt with wheel bolts that were tighter.