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morgan.cameron
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8h ago
TIL you can't just swap a #1 and #3 cylinder position on a Lycoming, and it cost me 6 hours
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ross.jessica
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12h ago
I judged a guy for using anti-seize on spark plugs, then my mechanic in Boise showed me his thread gauge
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rowanp15
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19h ago
Stopped by the hangar at Sheppard AFB last month and saw a crew doing something I'd never tried
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anthony165
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2d ago
Showerthought: walked through the boneyard at Pima and spotted a 737 with the rudder PCU still tagged, made me think about our sign-off habits
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taylor_barnes59
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3d ago
Pneumatic squeezer beats a hand rivet gun every single time
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eric359
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3d ago
TIL the torque spec on a Lycoming cylinder base nut changes if you use oil instead of thread lube
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ninam86
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3d ago
The lead mechanic at my first hangar job in Tulsa grabbed my hand and said 'feel that' on a loose rivet
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nathang67
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3d ago
Figured the torque stripe rule was just busywork until the 737 yoke bushing I skipped it on came back loose with 40 hours left
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ninam86
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4d ago
Can we talk about how everyone says you need a torque wrench on every single bolt
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morgan.cameron
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4d ago
New guys at our hangar stopped reading torque wrenches by feel, and I finally get why
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terry_mitchell
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5d ago
TIL you can check a Lycoming oil screen without draining the whole pan
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leob93
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5d ago
Ran torque on a fuel pump flange for two years before a guy named Dale asked me one simple thing
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alicebarnes
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5d ago
Used to torque gear strut bolts by feel for 6 years, now I use a $40 digital wrench and I'm never going back
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rowanp15
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8d ago
A grumpy old A&P at the hangar in Tulsa showed me the 1 inch socket trick and it saved me 2 hours on a brake job
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kevin_murray88
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9d ago
PSA: Stop torquing to the middle of the range, split the difference and log the real number
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