Torque wrench bit - what's it called?

[Pat "5mph"]

Cheers, Bruce, thanks so much for the offer, but this Monday I'm off.
I would like to get the socket tomorrow, do the cassette swap, then ride the bike on Monday

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Can I be the first to say that I have never, ever used a torque wrench on a cassette lock ring. It's right up there along with torquing your headset top cap as far as I'm concerned.

I thought you, as an expert, would have encouraged me (very amateur mechanic) to do things correctly, at least in order to get a feeling for the torque.

 

[Tim Hall]

Can I be the first to say that I have never, ever used a torque wrench on a cassette lock ring. It's right up there along with torquing your headset top cap as far as I'm concerned.

Same here. There's also an argument that 40Nm is getting into bastard tight territory and that a lock ring doesn't need anything like that, especially as it's not subject to any "unscrewing" forces during use.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Same here. There's also an argument that 40Nm is getting into bastard tight territory and that a lock ring doesn't need anything like that, especially as it's not subject to any "unscrewing" forces during use.

But I would like to use my new toy
Can I, with the other bike's cassette? Pretty please?

 

[e-rider]

some of the lighter cassette lockrings snap at 50Nm so be warned!

 

[ayceejay]

You don't have doobury's in Scotland?

 

[Pat "5mph"]

You don't have doobury's in Scotland?

Eh? No we don't.

 

[ayceejay]

You go to Halfords and ask the young guy for a doobury to undo the whatjamacallit and he will look at you like you just dropped from the sky, however if you go to a tool shop with someone over 60 working there you will be fixed up instantly.

 

[fossyant]

PS you don't need a torque wrench for a cassette, or for anything really.

 

[MossCommuter]

One of my first ever questions on here was about tightening a cassette lock ring and the advice was from @numbnuts I think; "a few clicks will be enough" (iirc).

Since then I bought a torque wrench but only cos I wanted one.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

PS you don't need a torque wrench for a cassette, or for anything really.

Men! Men on this forum!
I know I don't need one - like I don't need another bike, or another kitchen gadget - but I bought the flipping thing (because all on CC said they have one) and now I want to use it.
We shall do a spot the difference:
bike number one, cassette not torqued, getting ridden tomorrow versus bike number two (cassette will be torqued ) getting an outing on Monday.
I shall report the findings

 

[fossyant]

 

[fossyant]

Back to the original question, you'll need an adapter to use the smaller sockets in your set. Take the torque wrench with you to Halfords and get an adapter to reduce the bit size.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Since then I bought a torque wrench but only cos I wanted one.

well said that man - or woman.
btw, the one I did today without wrench clicked twice, I must be on the right track!

 

[Erudin]

When my Shimano cassette lockring tool which fitted a 24mm spanner broke I replaced it with a Cyclo cassette lockring tool.

This had a one inch (25.4mm) base so I just filed it down a little so it would fit my 25mm spanners and sockets.