Originally Posted by
jccaclimber
This one?
435in*lb|1 foot = 435/12 ft-lbf = 36.25 ft-lbf.
_______|12 in
edit: so he's off by 0.1 ft-lbf, he probably hit the 3 going for the 2.
It wasn't the in-lb to ft-lb conversion that caused the question, it's the statement that 36 ft-lb isn't much torque. Get a torque wrench and tighten something to that value. See if you still think it isn't much.