Summary: lbf ft or kilogram metres kgf m This simply means that a setting of 10 ft lbs equates to ten pounds of force at a distance of one foot from the object being tightened Serious expensive and extremely inconvenient damage results from nuts bolts and screws being overtightened Threads strip bolts snap and as mostly the threads are cut into
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