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> Rear axle nuts also were specified to be 217 ft-pounds



(is that some
exact metric amount?)

217 ft.lbf =3D 30 kg.m =3D 294 N.m

Which shows that they use mass for their force unit (should be Newton).

While the Imperial system uses force (lbf -> lbm) for their workaday mass
unit (should be slug)



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