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....dealers over tightening bolts and nuts.
Had some work done by a local dealer a few weeks back....job was done fine...but yesterday went to do some bikey stuff to find that all bolts they had touched were so over tighten it was a miracle I only shreaded one bolt. Are they being over careful or are they hoping you shread a bolt head and go to them to sort? Just makes me mad...I've had this from a couple of other places too. Grrrrrrrrrr |
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They should be doing them up to the correct Torque settings , unfortunately these guys are far too busy to dig out the specs of each bike so they tighten them to their best "guesstimation" of the right Torque . Overtightening is needless and causes more damage than good in the long run .
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Busy? I wouldn't be rushing anything if I had the cheek to charge £50+/hour!
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I have the same issue.
Get a cheap impact driver on ebay, you whack the end with a driver and it spins. Or Just make sure the screw driver (one with spanner shape on the handle) is the best fit (try a few), lock a pair of molegrips round the handle of the driver, put all my weight on the driver then spin lol. |
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You should look in the workshop near me mate , those guys are flying , bikes in and out in mere minutes . I had something done once and was expecting a huge hourly rate , apparently it was 15 minutes work and I didn`t get charged much . Another dealer charged excessively for something similar and I NEVER went back there .
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You don`t even have to go to eBay , good old Halfords do an impact driver for £14 , I got mine for £11 because it had rust on it ...... really bright Orange rust ............... that miraculously disappeared with a quick wipe from my cuff on the way home ![]() |
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Impact driver for Xmas I think...seems to be another essential bit of kit.
Any sugestions for those that all those bolts already mesased up and will not take an Impact Driver to fix?? |
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