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Old 16th November 2019, 09:03   #14
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Originally Posted by roverbarmy View Post
5Nm is just over 3.5 lbs ft. That means 3.5 pounds of pull on a foot long spanner. 3.5 pounds is less than 2 kilos (think of holding 2 x kilo bags of sugar).
That's a good point. It's 3.68 lbs ft according to this converter - https://www.unitconverters.net/energy/nm-to-ft-lb.htm That's 1.67kg on a 1ft spanner (or rather a 30cm spanner ).
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