Do you have a torque wrench

[Scrat]

Thing that made me ask about them is a few reports over the interweb of Thomson stems cracking because of being incorrectly torqued..

And my propensity to be heavy handed

That wouldn't help, But i've seen thompson front plates do an Onza HO and crack before they're even out of the box.
And although mine were (yes that's meant to be plural for the grammar freaks) denied warranty (because i'd obviousy abused it?) the importer has a ready supply of replacement parts - Funny as they'd never seen it before....

Needless to say I'm on Hope stems -31.8 and recycled Syncros ones -25.4

 

[sic_nick]

Oh yeah and I have a £8.99 Lidl special for hanging off when I'm undoing really stubborn stuff on the car

You shouldn't use a torque bar for this purpose.

 

[grahame]

I can't believe we've got to a third page, and nobody's mentioned Sheldon's torque settings guide and tool.