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ninam86
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8h 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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9h 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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10h ago
TIL you can check a Lycoming oil screen without draining the whole pan
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leob93
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12h 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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1d 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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3d 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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4d ago
PSA: Stop torquing to the middle of the range, split the difference and log the real number
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sandra146
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5d ago
Update: I hit 27 rotisserie chickens in one shift and thats when I knew something was off
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miles_jackson9
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5d ago
Chose the cheap borescope over sending the engine out, and it paid off
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tara345
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6d ago
A lead mechanic handed me back my torque wrench in 2009 and said one sentence I still hear
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rayc83
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6d ago
TIL a $2 can of foot powder found a cracked engine mount bolt that 3 of us missed with a flashlight
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rose_murray
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6d ago
Showerthought: torque stripes on safety wire are just paint over a bad twist job
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susanm22
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12d ago
I finally saw the inside of a Delta A330 hangar at MSP and one thing stuck with me
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mila_jones39
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12d ago
Watched a guy in Wichita torque lug nuts on a King Air with a $40 beam wrench, no snap
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lucas159
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13d ago
Thought bearing packers were a gimmick until I tried one on a CRJ main wheel last Tuesday
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