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    I torqued my thru axle to 100 ft lbs (torque spec is 130!) and I rounded out the whole. Is this normal? Used the right size (6mm). Specialized E5 Allez.

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    2. secondarycontrol on

      I don’t know anything about this bike, but 100ftlbs on a 6mm is..a lot. A crazy lot. Double check your source? Because I’ll bet it’s **inch** pounds

    5. PuzzledActuator1 on

      I would have stopped way before that and though to myself how am I supposed to undo this with a normal hex wrench or bike multitool?

    8. buttbuttheadhead on

      You don’t need to use a torque wrench on your thru axles. You just need to tighten it by hand until it’s firm. You don’t need to crank down on it

    9. cspawn on

      9-10nm is the max for the vast majority axles, maybe 11-12 on some. Hopefully you didn’t damage anything else, there is nothing on a bike you’d ever need to torque to anywhere close to 100ft lbs. Tightest thing I can think of is a crank fixing bolt on Campagnolo bottom brackets but that’s only like 45nm I think. I’m sure there are some things that are specced a bit higher but nothing close 110ft lbs that I can think of.

    13. pbmadman on

      Ha! I was putting an oil pan back on my car and read 45 ft-lb and the first bolt snapped off AND I KEPT GOING and snapped off like 4 more before I stopped. On closer examination it was in-lb.

      I am not a mechanic but at work i use tools and torque wrenches every day. That day i felt like an absolute idiot.

    14. delicate10drills on

      INCH POUNDS OMGGGGGG

      Lol, great learning experience. Hope the guys at the LBS are cool and have some compassionate humor about it.

    15. TaintedLemur on

      I do axles by feel. Since the bolt is always greased (anti sieze on the threads) in some way torque settings are going to be off.

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