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Originally Posted by Luddite
Being paranoid about stripping a thread, I'll always use one if it's a steel screw into aluminium - crankcases for example.
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That's just where I'm less likely to use one to be honest as I've known too many people strip out the thread where it has given up before reaching the torque so I tend to go by feel- especially on my old race bike.
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Originally Posted by Luddite
Also, if it's a critical fastener, such as disc rotor and caliper bolts or yoke pinch bolts. Oh, and the single-sided swinging arm pinch bolts too, as it's notoriously easy to damage the eccentric hub if you overtighten them.
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I do use them for those kind of applications though and axle bolts of course.
I bought my Draper torque wrenches as a deal through college when I did my City and Guilds about 20 years ago- the fact they're still available and reasonably priced must say something. I even checked them at work recently and they're still calibrated fine too.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DRAPER-1-...MAAOSwImRYLd98
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DRAPER-3-...kAAOSwVupTosEP