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[Closed] anyone use a torque wrench when swapping/changing brake hoses?

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selling a set of Zee brakes. one fella getting upset and asking if the hoses were changed using a torque wrench as according to him the nuts are really sensitive.

have changed/swapped hoses maybe a dozen times or more and have worked in a bike shop for six months and never saw one of the five mechanics using anything other than a normal spanner.

bear in mind i'm in Germany where everyone thinks that by chance of their birth they are engineers and anal retards in general....


 
Posted : 19/08/2015 4:53 pm
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I'll stick my neck out and say nobody has ever used a torque wrench to chance a brake hose.


 
Posted : 19/08/2015 4:56 pm
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one fella getting upset...

Do you know the German for "sling yer hook"?


 
Posted : 19/08/2015 5:01 pm
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I'll stick my neck out and say nobody has ever used a torque wrench to chance a brake hose.

Sorry to prove you wrong but I have. Always do with Magura's with resin bodies or the newer carbotech bodies, don't bother on Shimano/Hope/Anyone else, not even sure if Shimano etc have a suggested torque


 
Posted : 19/08/2015 5:18 pm
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Do you know the German for "sling yer hook"?

"geh weiter!"

or my preferred in Bavarian... "schlei di!" 🙂

not even sure if Shimano etc have a suggested torque

that is kind what i was thinking.....


 
Posted : 19/08/2015 5:28 pm
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have just had a look... 5-7Nm according to Shimano when installing the hose on their road bikes....


 
Posted : 19/08/2015 5:36 pm

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