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Dizmm, (Old Account)
10-02-2008, 10:20 AM
After much debate last night over at Ace Auto, thought I's post this up.

1 kg/mm = 56 lb/in

Springs are rated in pounds/inch in the U.S., and Newtons/millimeter elsewhere. I have not seen kilograms/millimeter before, but the conversion will be easy enough.

1 pound = 0.45359237 kilogram
1 inch = 25.4 millimeter
0.45359237/25.4 = 0.0178579673228346

The conversion factor is 0.0178579673228346

So, to convert lb/in to kg/mm you multiply by 0.0179 and to convert kg/mm to lb/in you divide by 0.0179

Spring rate conversion tool:
http://www.hraefn.net/projects/spring_rates.php

Getsideways
10-02-2008, 10:27 AM
wow i feel so much better reading that . it was bugging me pretty bad

Dizmm, (Old Account)
10-02-2008, 10:31 AM
wow i feel so much better reading that . it was bugging me pretty bad

haha, me too!

devlish
10-02-2008, 10:32 AM
thanks dizmm. same here. i was wondering about all that.