Frame bolts or any torque specified bolts should be set to the correct amounts. They need this for safety and strength. If you removed the tubes the way they were meant to be you would have been able to torque them. Auto zone or most auto parts stores sells ok torque wrenches for under $50 just get one that can handle at least 100 lbs. I have a beam one that goes to 75 and an adjustable one that does 150. If a bolt needs 75 lbs and is only set to 20 bad things can happen. You can over torque bolts and break things or cause them to snap over time. They are worth every dollar.
I definitely get your point. Spec is Spec...
But, I'm not sure it would be possible to use a socket style wrench on these bolts if you intend to keep the plate on. You have to slide the plate into place before the yoke and bolts are put on/in, if I'm not mistaken.
In this case, i was doing a front end alignment using the method below... It worked great! No more pulling to the left. But it requires everything to stay in place on the bike.
I was very careful to put the bolts back to the same tension where critical, top yoke center, bottom left axle bolts, etc. And perhaps I'll go get a torque wrench to check them and use going forward.... But don't think ill be able to use it on the bottom yoke bolts, which are of course critical.
Humm, not sure what to do...at least the torque wrench will give me a sense of how tight the spect tension is on other bolts. In this case, the bottom yoke bolts were really tight, and i did put them back that way.
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ahhhh,guess maybe I need these....
https://www.amazon.ca/TEKTON-2575-8...ocphy=9001316&hvtargid=pla-433945411667&psc=1
But i dont think that will work will it....trying to determine torque with that. Torque wrench uses the axis of the bolt. This adapter would put it off axis. Actualy, now that I think about, not even sure how that works, at all, being off axis. Socket drivers turn on an axis, you know.