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      04-10-2020, 08:49 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by Nezil View Post
It annoys me that when you buy torque wrenches here in the US, almost all of them have the primary scale as lb-ft rather than Nm...

Most fasteners have swapped to metric, as have the torque specs, so why are the torque wrenches labelled in simply numbers of lb-ft on the front, and odd Nm scales with each line meaning some fraction of a unit etc.

I resorted to buying my torque wrenches from Europe and importing them to solve this problem, but I wish US tool suppliers would offer at least the option for Nm primary scale.

... rant over!
Like how we have tire section width in mm but the wheel diameter is in inches?
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