I redid all the speaker bolts this morning. To my surprise – it had been a couple of years since I last checked them – all but two or three were fully snug before I backed them off to apply the correct torque.
Expectation bias notwithstanding, the speakers sounded exceptionally good when I listened to Thelonious Alone in San Francisco a little while later, most noticeably in the way they seemed to disappear while the music filled the room (and my copy of that record is a nondescript 1980s reissue). Whatever about specific torque values, I’m convinced there’s merit in getting all bolts of the same size in a given location done up to the same value. I shouldn’t leave it so long next time.
Per the advice here, I reduced the torque on the screwdriver to the lowest setting before putting it away.
@NeilS, my 252/SCDR/300DR date to 2016, 2018 and 2019 respectively. Do you think it’s worthwhile retorquing the casework on any/all my four components? I have a calibrated torque-wrench that supports 7Nm in it’s optimal range. I check the bolts on my bicycle on a regular basis, although that’s a totally different use case. But it’s why I have a nice torque wrench.
Also, if you want to use a torque wrench to check against spec, be sure to loosen the bolt a tad and then re-torque to spec. Otherwise, you might very slightly over-torque if the bolt was already at spec (an old bicycle maintenance pearl of wisdom).
Thanks. I might just do it before I forget what the spec is.
7Nm is pretty snug. The vast majority of regular bike parts are 5-6Nm. Saddle rails are more like 8-12. I recently retorqued the bass drivers on my six REL subs. I set those to 3Nm.
Just wandering if anyone here will know the torque settings for the Equinox cartridge? I’m guessing around 0.5Nm, although guessing isn’t of much use of course. Just curious…
I’m guessing that it’s important for the fixings to be evenly tightened and in a sequence, without going over tight? I’m about to order a new Equinox cartridge for a back up and so the torque settings will come in handy.
