deadbugdug
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The short story long:
I went to my Ford Maintenance CD-ROM to check a torque value for my beloved Mark VIII, and noticed that all the values were given in "Lb-Ft". That's nice, except my trusty torque wrench gives the settings as "Ft-Lb".
"So what's the difference?" I asked myself. A search of the internet (suprisingly) did not readily answer the question. I did happen upon a car forum site where an interesting flame war was waging, but no real clear answer other than some dude I don't know stating "they are one in the same."
Once again, I defer to the trusted experts of this wonderful forum... So quite simply, are the terms interchangeable? That is all I really need to know, because I've read enough about torque, work, Nm, quotients, and a bunch of physics explanations and equasions that are nice, but does not simply answer my question!!!
Thanks.......!
The short story long:
I went to my Ford Maintenance CD-ROM to check a torque value for my beloved Mark VIII, and noticed that all the values were given in "Lb-Ft". That's nice, except my trusty torque wrench gives the settings as "Ft-Lb".
"So what's the difference?" I asked myself. A search of the internet (suprisingly) did not readily answer the question. I did happen upon a car forum site where an interesting flame war was waging, but no real clear answer other than some dude I don't know stating "they are one in the same."
Once again, I defer to the trusted experts of this wonderful forum... So quite simply, are the terms interchangeable? That is all I really need to know, because I've read enough about torque, work, Nm, quotients, and a bunch of physics explanations and equasions that are nice, but does not simply answer my question!!!
Thanks.......!