Luckly, I caught this before things headed south...
These bars were actually crushed on both sides where the aerobars were mounted by someone at a local shop who was just a little over eager with the allen wrench... Here's another photo after I removed the bars from the bike...
To be fair, the shop replaced the damaged bar for the wholesale cost of a replacement. No questions asked. They should be counting their lucky stars that their gross miscalculation in the torque spec didn't end up as a trip to the emergency room... Anyway, there you have it. John out for now...
Ohhh...they need a torque wrench. A torque wrench is your friend. When you always torque you can always stand over your work 100%.
Posted by: PeteMcD | June 25, 2006 at 12:54 PM
Ok, unless I am reading this incorrectly or just not understanding it...If that shop was the cause of the crunching, then yes it was nice of them to replace the bars no questions asked. But, I really think that they should have replaced the bar absolutely free! I mean come on! They did it! They should pay!
Posted by: Uber | June 23, 2006 at 07:12 AM
Always remember the Pisqually torque spec. I quote directly from the manual on:
page 314 paragraph 4 section b
“Turn until the bolt breaks, then back-off a quarter turn.”
Posted by: MrBigRIng | June 22, 2006 at 11:01 PM