Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Torque wrench!

The humble torque wrench is a very simple, but crucial tool, so ignore the excuses and get one to avoid stripped threads or worse.

I have been working on a bike recently and the owner confessed that his dad had taught him to tighten everything up as tight as is possible to do – which is why I am fitting so many Helicoils to his Zed!

As a lad I worked on aircraft and we were some of the best trained fitters in the engineering world. We

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