A useful tool

I fail to see the point. The tool doesn't tell you what torque to use on the old nut/bolt so you are still guessing. Is it tight enough when the Mole slips and rounds the nut? Were you not taught "feel" ? In fact the whole proposition is so bizarre that I suspect this is one of your wind ups.....

regards Roland

Oh that's good! Pleeeeze someone email snipped-for-privacy@industria.co.uk with an enquiry for "Superleggero" hollow bearing balls ;-)

Did you not read the scale? :-)

(hmm, I can forsee one for the modern generation with a built-in mobile phone; if the gauge ever reads "stripped" it could automatically call your favourite parts supplier for you, thus saving precious seconds)

Sheldon was a legend in cycling circles. Sadly he died last year, but his website lives on as a mine of very useful information.

He had a wicked sense of humour too, and released details of many inovative product lines, usually around the first day of April....

Looks like an accident waiting to happen! (At least you will know at what torque it slipped) Probably the most critical fastenings for tightening to a specified torque are the high tensile cylinder head fixing bolts, studs etc. As good engineering practice these should never be reused. Remember all these fixings were once new, so replace them - it will make your engine look a lot smarter (particularly if you use stainless steel fasteners)

Pete