Torque Wrench Muddle

[wheres_my_beard]

I just bought a nice shiney deflection torque wrench, only to get home and discover that I can't get my head round the scale on it. It shows lb/feet and newton/metres. I assumed that a Newton was the same as 1kg, so wouldn't have a problem (based on a distant memory of high school physics), but looking at the back of the packaging it's not so straight forward. Can anyone point me to a guide that shows bike torque settings in kg/metres or foot/lbs, as the maths or the thought of maths is more than I can be bothered with to be honest.

Edit: It has kg/metres NOT newton/ metres, hence the problems

 

[smokeysmoo]

Conversion scales etc baffle the hell out of me, that's why my torque wrench is one THESE.

Nice and easy for an simple bloke like me

 

[HovR]

Almost all bike related torque settings that I've ever seen are displayed in newton meters (Nm), so you shouldn't have to do any conversion?

Here's a table full of bicycle torque settings in newton meters.

 

[wheres_my_beard]

Sorry I meant to say it was kg/metres not Newton/metres.

I don't know if Kg/metres is used more in some fields of engineering, but seems not to be used in the world of cycling.

 

[numbnuts]

Hang it up on a nail in your shed so everybody can see it
and then do it by feel you will soon learn

 

[MacB]

you haven't accidentally bought some heavy duty thing have you?

 

[smokeysmoo]

Here's where's-my-beard tightening his headset with his new tool

PS: Your beard is on your chin

 

[HovR]

http://www.numberfactory.com/nf torque.htm

Any use?

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

For converting KG.m to N.m you have to multiply by 9.80665

hth

 

[wheres_my_beard]

As simple as that eh? Can i not just be 10% out instead...

 

[wheres_my_beard]

This is why i wanted some guidance....

 

[andrew_s]

For converting KG.m to N.m you have to multiply by 9.80665

don't confuse the lad with pointless detail; just tell him it's multiply by 10.