Torque on my VTR

[jacques]

Hey guys,

So I am finally rebuilding my bike and I have run into a small problem, as can be seen on the photo below, I need to torque this nut with 36 Nm of force, yet my torque wrench cant fit into such a small area, I have heard of torque spanners, but are there other ways of doing this? (keep in my mind that this nut connects my rear suspension to the frame). If there are not, where can I get a torque spanner? (I live in Brisbane, Australia) i may need to go online as i havent found a store who sells them. Another way is to use a force guage, measure the force that way and use another spanner.....though I dont know how i feel about this method.

 

[kiwi60]

It looks a bit like a frame bolt, and in that situation (can't get a torque wrench on it), I'd put a few drops of Thread lock on it and do it up nice an tight with a ring spanner or socket.

To get an approximate idea of what force to use, torque a nut up to 36Nm and then undo it with the ring spanner / socket and note how much force you use.

Was just having another look at the photo, if that's your shock mounting, if it's a std style bolt head on the other end, and if you can get access, torque it from that end and use the ring spanner to hold the nut.

I don't know the layout of this mounting on your bike, but another option might be to disassemble the frame around this bolt, torque it up, and reassemble with this bolt already dome up to spec.