Your
torque wrench will operate in both directions. Sneak
up on the torque a QUARTER of a turn at a time.
Anymore than a quarter turn will pull the wheel out of round. Be
sure to torque every fourth spoke so that you do not pull the
wheel out of round.
Use the following
procedure as an example:
1. Start at
the spoke next to the rim lock. Call it spoke #1.
2. Back
off spoke #1 a quarter to a half a turn, then tighten until spoke
torque wrench clicks. Go to spoke #4 - repeat step #2. It will come
from the other side of the wheel.
3. Go to
spoke #7 - repeat step #2.
4. Go to
spoke #10 - repeat step #2.
5.
Continue around the wheel torquing every third spoke, until coming
back to spoke #1 (on a 36-spoke wheel). Move to spoke #2 and repeat
step #2.
6. Go to
spoke #5, then #8, then #11, continuing this pattern all the way
back to spoke #2.
7. Move to
spoke #3 and use the same procedure on spokes #6, #9, #12 and so on
around the wheel.
8. It will
take 3 revolutions of the wheel to complete the torquing process.
You will torque 12 spokes per revolution.
Your
torque wrench will operate in both directions.
