<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3020" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Inch-Pounds are what is commonly used in the United States</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>With all the the talk [torque:)] about the Essex's loose tuning pins, I have wondered what measurement unit you guys over there use. I have a small conversion program on my computer and it has torque measurements in, amongst others; <STRONG>pound-force foot</STRONG> <STRONG>(lbf-ft) </STRONG>and <STRONG>pound-force inch (lbf-in)</STRONG>. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>If one converts this to metric;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>1 <STRONG>pound-force foot</STRONG> = 0.1382552 <STRONG>kilogram-force meter (kgf-m)</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>1 <STRONG>pound-force inch</STRONG> = 0.1152124 <STRONG>kilogram-force meter (kgf-m)</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Paul Tizzard</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>