

| Subject: | Re: does mkp = Nm? (torque specs) |
| From: | Derek Drew |
| Date: | Mon, 5 Oct 1998 08:25:47 -0400 |
Thanks. Yes I ordred your axel nuts and they are on the way. It might be a few more weeks however. At 10:50 AM 10/3/98 -0400, you wrote: >Derek Drew wrote: > >> I have a pile of torque wrenches here. Some of them are calibrated >> in mKp and some in cmkp. I do not know what these measurements are. >> Is it correct to say that 1 mKp is = to 1 Newton Meter (NM in >> Bentley)? If so, then apparently 100 cmkp = 1NM. > >Hi Derek, > >My new torque wrench came with a conversion table which includes CMKG. >I will quote the formulas with CMKG: >1 KpCM = 1 CMKG >1 CMKG = .098 Nm >1 CMKG = 13.887 IN-OZ >1CMKG = 0.08677 IN-LB > > >mKp is not included, however "MKg" is, as is "KpM." >1 KpM = 1 MKg >1 MKg = 9.80665 Nm >1 MKg = 7.233 FT-LB > >The main conversion table includes "kilo-gram Meters" as "Kgm" or" mkp" >alongside Foot-Pounds and Newton Meters. What are KpM? Maybe a typo >for KgM. mKp might be the same as KpM, no? Now I'm confused. > >Hope this allows you to take that "pile" and line them up somewhere. > >BTW, did you decide to buy those locking wheel nuts for the front of the >syncro ?. I'm still in for 6, if so. >-- >David Bogle > >'72 Campmobile 2.0L >'87 Vanagon GL Syncro Westfalia > _____________________________________________________ Derek Drew New York, NY & Washington DC ConsumerSearch drew@interport.net 212-580-6486, 202-966-7907 (W) 212-580-4459; 202-966-0938 (H)
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