<html><head></head><body>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.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 24 May 2020 19:20:08 BST, Robert Nogueirao via Shop-talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">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.<br>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? <br>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.<br>Is this what you think the author meant?<br>Bob Nogueira <hr>Shop-talk@autox.team.net<br>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Suggested annual donation $12.96<br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk">http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/neiljsherry@talktalk.net">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/neiljsherry@talktalk.net</a><br><br></pre></blockquote></div><br>-- <br>Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.</body></html>