This would be a good thread to answer the following:
Every so often I find a spec. for a small fastener in inch pounds and my wrenches are foot pounds.
So 80 inch pounds = what & how did you convert it?
Need a new torque wrench.
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Re: Need a new torque wrench.
80 inch lbs = 6.66666667 ft lbs.Bob Plante wrote:This would be a good thread to answer the following:
Every so often I find a spec. for a small fastener in inch pounds and my wrenches are foot pounds.
So 80 inch pounds = what & how did you convert it?
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Re: Need a new torque wrench.
yeah, that is what the google calculator gave me when I entered "80 inch pounds in foot pounds" in the search field:
80 inch pound force = 6.66666667 foot pounds
80 inch pound force = 6.66666667 foot pounds
Re: Need a new torque wrench.
so divide the inch spec by 12, makes senseKristoffer Gjevre wrote:yeah, that is what the google calculator gave me when I entered "80 inch pounds in foot pounds" in the search field:
80 inch pound force = 6.66666667 foot pounds
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Re: Need a new torque wrench.
When I worked for Electromotive (Nissan GTP, not ECU's) years ago the engine builders swore by the old beam type torque wrenches (non-clicking). They felt they were just as accurate and they didn't have to rely on a click, they just watched the guage. Those 3 litre V-6 turbo's made over 1000hp on the dyno. I've had a 1/2" drive Snap On just like in the photo above for atleast 20 years and I'm sure it will pass on to one of my heirs still in perfect working condition. I bought it cheap at a pawn shop.
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Re: Need a new torque wrench.
That's the issue with the click type torque wrenches. Many people feel that the click is some kind of stop on torque application. Its not. You can apply any amount of torque right on past the click. Its a basic operator error thing.I do know that many people tend to still "push through the click" and inadvertently over torque but I don't expect that you'd do that. I always "sneak up on the click" and watch for additional movement of the socket when multi-clicking.
I don't do that myself and sneak up on the number as you do. If I'm in a good position I watch the digital display just like Tom's guys above looked a the beam scale.
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Re: Need a new torque wrench.
This is where the smaller wrench comes in; larger wrenches don't read that low.Bob Plante wrote:so divide the inch spec by 12, makes senseKristoffer Gjevre wrote:yeah, that is what the google calculator gave me when I entered "80 inch pounds in foot pounds" in the search field:
80 inch pound force = 6.66666667 foot pounds
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