Hi, I can only tighten the fixed axis of the front wheel using a 6 cm lever that cannot be removed, so a torque wrench cannot be used. In the instructions it is written that it should be a maximum of 10 nm, can someone explain to me how much I should tighten it according to feeling or if it is even possible to develop such a force with such a small lever. Thank you very much for your reply.
by marouseek
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Not familiar with that bike, but most of the time those levers can be removed, you just have to wiggle them a lot. Now saying that, I’d just tighten it as much as i can by hand and call it good.
I’m doing mine a little more than handtight and it seems to work just fine.
Depending on the model the black lever part may pop out revealing a hex slot. If not then loose hand tight is how I do it. Not really sure how to describe it better.
That’s called a thru-axle.
Tighten it snug with your hands, strong enough to leave some mark on your hand when you release it. That’s the purpose of the lever.
Pull out on the lever and it will come out
I brought up the same inconsistency a few weeks back. I reached out to support they couldn’t give me a precise answer either. However what I did is I have a second bike that tightens to 10nm by torque wrench, I tightened that and then used a handle insert on it once I knew it was 10nm. It did not budge. Then I felt more comfortable tightening my canyon by hand knowing that I won’t be able to exert that much force with the small handle. I hope this helps!!