[Shop-talk] Inch pounds

[neiljsherry at talktalk.net]

That will be a torque - so you can measure as you describe with a 1 pound mass/force at 12" radius - or any other combination that multiplies out the same to 12 (12 pounds at 1", 2 pounds at 6" etc). If hanging a weight on, the steering shaft will need to be horizontal - so the angle of the column in the vehicle is unlikely to be suitable. You could use a spring balance.

On 24 May 2020 19:20:08 BST, Robert Nogueirao via Shop-talk <shop-talk at autox.team.net> wrote:
>Folk I’m  rebuilding a steering box.  The manual says to set the peg
>thrust adjustment so it takes 12 inch pounds at the rim of the steering
>wheel to over come the “high spot” or resistance.
>I have always heard of ‘inch pounds’ as a measure of torque. If so,
>would it not be measured from the center of the steering wheel?  
>Lacking a inch pound torque wrench my plan was to hang a one lbs weight
>12 inches from the center of the wheel and make the adjustment until
>the weight can over come the resistance and falls.
>Is this what you think the author meant?
>Bob Nogueira 
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