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Old 09-27-08, 03:33 PM
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Provide a chart or links to a place that can covert torque measurements.

A lot of us are still old fogeys with imperial units old tried and true torque wrenches and inch and foot lbs are our torque of choice. Inch-lbs for the smaller stuff and ft=lbs for the bigger stuff. Typically if you hit 3 digits for in-lbs then it's more appropriate to give it in ft-lbs.

Don't forget that while there are charts for bolt size vs torque values for the various grades of bolts it is also limited by the material or application the bolt is used for. For example a seat post retainer bolt is easily capable of deforming or splitting the frame on bikes where there's no slip on collar so some prudence has to be taken. I don't see how you can do a video of this sort without it also turning into a catalog of different frame, wheel and other components and becoming over long but good luck on that.
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