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Anybody else hate
checking their spoke
tightness as much
as I do? Ever wonder
if you really have
it right? What exactly
is a correct ping
sound? I've discovered
a tool to make all
those questions go
away. It's a Spoke
Torque Wrench made
by Fasst Co. (www.Fasstco.com)
and what a beautiful
tool it is! Check
out their web page
for all the details.
Now,
you're probably thinking,
$119.95 for a tool
that's only good
for one thing? Yep,
and worth every penny,
even at full retail.
I ordered mine
on Monday because
when I “pinged” the
rear wheel on my
Yamaha V Star during
routine maintenance,
it sounded pretty
dull on many of
the spokes.
Those
rear spokes are
really hard to
get a decent sound
out of though,
and I really wasn't
sure if I was accurately
tightening them
or not. Further,
when I checked
the torque spec
in the manual (3.0
N-M) I wasn't real
sure what that
would “feel” like.
Following the excellent
directions on Fasst's
web site, with
the Spoke Torque
Wrench in hand,
I torqued each
of the spokes on
my rear wheel to
Fasst's recommended
48 inch pounds.
As I had suspected,
many of my spokes
were pretty loose
and some were actually
over-tight. Now
they are all correct.
Moved on to the
front wheel and
found that it was
actually much more
even in terms of
tightness when
I started but still
needed some tightening.
The
Fasst Spoke Torque
Wrench comes with
the torque preset
to whatever you specify
between 10 and 100
inch pounds. You
can have it recalibrated
to a different
value by returning
it to them. Yamaha
specifies 3.0 NM
(26.55 inch pounds)
for V-Star wheels,
but when I called
Fasst to order
my wrench we had
a lot of discussion
about correct torque
values (we have
two other bikes
with spoked wheels
and two different
specified torque
values).
It was originally
my thought to pick
a torque value
that would split
the difference
between the specs
so that I could
use the same tool
on all three bikes
(by interchanging
the spoke nipple
tips). Fasst recommended
going with 48 inch
pounds, as they
feel that manufacturers
frequently understate
the optimal torque
for wheels. I went
with their recommendation.
The
Yamaha V-Star uses
a 6mm-spoke nipple,
other Stars should
be the same, but
it may be a good
idea to measure
before you order.
Check them out,
you won't be sorry.
Sally - ISRA #0038
Council Member
- Treasurer Mr.
Big Stuff!
Treasurer@star-riders.org
'98 V-Star Classic
Black California
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