Torque and Chrome

so i buy a torque wrench and I look at this..65N.m (6.5kgf-m,47.0 lb-ft) is this going to be easy?

I have no frigging idea what that means. its the rear axel tightening torque. so i buy a cheap torque wrench and is it easy to set then? no I ain't brought one yet. i am preparing in my head. It looks hard. And i did email you.

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1. Wow. You ran out and bought a torque wrench? Already? It was only 20 minutes ago you asked. I just answered your last question, sort of. Like I said, e-mail me. I'll tell you how to set and use that wrench, too. First, I want to be positive you found the real problem.
2. Torque wrenches are easy. Firecracker seems on the way to helping you out, so give him the 10 points. Good luck.
3. torque wrenches are easy to use.. & even cheap ones are reasonably accurate.. the length of the torque wrench gives you mechanical advantage..(this means its not hard for a 90 Lb weakling to pull 200 Ft Lbs)
4. Pretty much depending on what type of torque wrench you get. Most united states torque wrenches are in the lb-ft measurement but look at what kind of torque wrench you buy to see in what specs it goes to from maybe 10 lbs-ft to about 100 lbs-ft. Torque wrenches usually come in two different types. They have a needle based type which is more an older style in which you just start tightening the bolt and reading the needle until it goes to 47 lbs-ft or you can reverse it and read in in the 65 n.m. there is a clicker type that has a gauge built right onto the end of the torque wrench in which you just push up from bottom to top and start spinning it and there should be from the lb-ft increments in 10 on the torque wrench with lines in between them (which come in usually the ones i have used have had 10 lines in between them or 5). set it 7 lines up or 3 lines under from the 50 ft-lbs line and there you have it. apply it to the bolt and start tightening usually the torque wrench will click over when you know you reached the torque setting that you set the wrench at
5. The 65N.m is a metric designation. The 47.0 lb-ft is an American (SAE) designation. Torque wrenches are easy to set (the type that "clicks" when it gets to the preset torque). Usually, it'll have a lock at the base you unscrew to unlock. Turn the handle until you line up on the desired torque. Rescrew the lock to lockin the setting. Deflecting beam wrenches need no setting. As torque is applied, the pointer moves along an arced scale. You watch it until it reaches the required torque.
6. 47 ft lbs is easy, so don't worry about not having enough strength.
7. Your wrench is marked in Newton/meters. There may be another set of marks for ft/lbs. There are 2 types ,1 is a needle marker that you have to look at, the other is a click type set it and pull when you reach the torque, it clicks.