Just bought a craftsman tourque wrench (microtourque) and the scales show FOOT pounds and NEWTON METERS, How do I set it to inch pounds? Do I need to do a conversion to get to INCH POUNDS ? Or am I missing something. Could someone give me some pointers.
Thanks in advance.

 

You'll have to buy an inch-pound torque wrench.

Cheers!
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1 ft pound is 12 inch pounds

 

one foot pound equal 12 inch pounds... hope you need lots of inch pounds or the wrench won't be very accurate. Best bet is to go buy an inch pound torque wrench if that's what you need.

 

12 inch LBS equal ONE foot LB

You'd be better off to get an inch pound wrench too.

 

So what you're all saying is divide by 12 and I'll have what I need. Hey...... I'm a carpenter not an auto mechanic. but now it's as clear as mud. Thanks everyone for your help![sm=loser.gif]

 

yeah, but considering that the accuracy of "most" over the counter torque wrenches is non-linear and are most accurate between 30-70 pct of range you'd need between 270-630 inch pounds to be "nuts on" with a 10-100 ft pound torque wrench. Not likely you're shooting for 450 inch pounds on a typical screw or bolt ... I'm thinking you're looking for 10-20 inch pounds most often (if you're reading HD manuals).

 

I'm installing the clutch cover on my tranny after switching the clutch cable. It calls for 80 to 108 inch pounds of tourque.

 

so device in lbs by 12 to get ft lbs

there is something my bike that says 2 ft pounds so i go 25 inch pounds as my ft lb wrench only goes down to 10

 

I've got a Craftsman Torque wrench too with same scenario.

Option A: divide by 12. Arguably not too accurate and might be difficult to implement without inch measurement tick marks.
Option B: Depending on our application, manual or instructions should give you in/ft pounds and fig-newton-meters. Use the latter.
Option C: If fig-newton-meters aren't provided, Google torque conversions and convert from what the instructions give to what your wrench is graduated in.