Only because there are torque specs in the service manual. I’ve never worked with these types of fittings before and as this is a Honda, not a Volkswagen, I didn’t think “gutentight” would be the right torque spec.
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Yes it is not German so you must be delicate or things may break!
Matt, seriously - yes you are not familiar with this type of work, so it is understandable. Every fastener has a reference for torque, even if it isn’t in the diagram. Most if not all service manuals have torque reference tables for the various sizes of nuts/bolts, diameters, threads, etc.
In real life there are some situations where it is not possible to use a torque measuring device other than the ‘experienced’ feel - this exact situation was made clear when I was a helicopter mechanic.
There are applications where torque specs are very important: engine components, wheel bearings, lug nuts. Even in those applications, there is +/- 30% in initial preload scatter (which is the variance in friction of a nut for the same number of turns, driven by material, oil/locktight etc) and ± 20% in relaxation from material elasticity and thermal cycling etc. So your actual preload on the bolt has ±50% error bars on it when you’re using a calibrated torque wrench correctly (which might have 5-20% error depending on which harbor freight you bought it from).
That’s why in really sensitive places you’ll have angle specs which reduce some of the inaccuracy.
I just bring that up because it makes me feel better about just using a wrench on most stuff, most of the time. They don’t design these things to need ultimate precision.
no we don’t have anything that fancy
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