<!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 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </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>Thanks.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Paul Tizzard</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Cape Town</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>South Africa</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>