Mine's probably not the worst, but it's potentially can be.
over-torquing bolts from specifications!
I did this on my brake fluid line that goes to my caliper. Basically the bolt that holds the line has a hole through it, and when properly torqued the hole matches up and brake fluid passed into the caliper.
But the torque specs are so small that my click type torque wrench does not make an obvious sound. I was ratcheting pretty fast, and I must have passed it, because i just kept turning the bolt. Didn't strip the bolt itself, but the whole inside of the caliper was grinded down pretty badly. Lucky for me, the bolt still stays pretty firmly... I just had to manually match the bolt's hole for the fluid.
It would have sucked if i had to replace the whole caliper because of it.. or even worse, I could have been only utilizing three brakes if i didn't notice what I had done.
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