torque values?

I think it's kilogram/meter, not newton/meter. I could be wrong.

10 kg/m = about 72 ft/lbs.

 

You are correct.

 

Those torque units should be Kgm or Kg-m (i.e., force times distance) -- not Kg/m (which is force divided by distance)

 

The version of the workshop manual I have uses "Kgm" to designate torque values.

 

40 years of reading service manuals teaches you NEVER trust torque specs. Always search out a backup spec to double check critical torques. The worst damages done to cars are generally from overtightening bolts or assemblies, and snapping off a bolt in a casting. Its been years now, but I recall someone who torqued a spark plug over 100 foot pounds and broke it off in the engine, because the spec was wrong, and the person didnt have the knowledge to know it was wrong.

The first day of shop class back when I was a kid the instructor had me clamp various bolts of various classes in a vice and twist them until they broke. Or put bolts into an aluminum casting and tighten until the bolt strips out the threads. The best thing you can do is both learn the feel of tightening bolts, and read a bolt chart. Then you barely need any specs out of a service manual.

I barely use a torque wrench anymore, only for critical fasteners like head bolts, flywheels, rods and main caps, etc.. I dont even bother torquing wheel bolts. Read the owners manual, it simply says to tighten them. Its a race bred track car, built to drive into the pits and have the wheels changed out with an air tool and hit the road. Has anyone ever seen a pit crew tightening lug bolts with a torque wrench while the competition flys past? Is there a torque wrench in the tool kit to change the tire out of the road? Seriously, its not that critical, just critical you get them good and tight.