by JPXman » Tue Apr 04, 2006 6:01 pm
Tom,
170 in-lb of force is equal to just over 14 ft-lb of torque.
torque is a distance x force measurement, so when you change from one distance measurement to the other, just convert the inches to feet to get foot-pound. there is no "square inch" in this measurement, that's for area when measuring pressure (psi = pounds per SQUARE inch). there is only the "linear" inch in the torque measurement.
Tyler
PS: how do you plan to hold the wrenches to torque the bolts? there is only one way to get an accurate measurement. its easy if you have the nuts facing forward, because then you simply hold the head with a wrench and torque the nut with the torquewrench. but if it's the head of the bolt that's forward, hold the head with the torquewrench, and turn the nut with a wrench and read the torque off the wrench - DO NOT TURN THE BOLT.