Front sprocket installation error... did I ruin my gears?

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Re: Front sprocket installation error... did I ruin my gears

#11 Unread post by mgdavis »

storysunfolding wrote:
pilot_greg wrote:except this time when I got close, the wrench seemed to slip and at the same time make a sort of clicking noise.
Maybe I'm missing something, but you were you using a dialed in torque wrench... because that's what I would have expected to happen.
What I was going to say as well. If you know how to set a torque wrench you presumably know how to tell when it reaches the setting, but who knows. Was it the wrench that slipped and clicked, or the transmission?
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Re: Front sprocket installation error... did I ruin my gears

#12 Unread post by pilot_greg »

The best way I can think of to describe my torque wrench is an angle-pop... when it hits the right torque, it pops once in the direction of the rotation. As the torque rises the pop gets bigger, so at 83.2 ft/lbs which is what my front sprocket bolt calls for, its a massive POP, but there is not slipping or clicking. I could pull it and try to torque it on again, but still, I'm pretty sure its already on correctly.

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