Shoutout to the old guy who called me out on my torque wrench habits

I was working a line in Atlanta about 8 months ago, doing a wheel change on a 737. An older mechanic I didn't know well watched me for a minute and said, 'You're not letting that wrench settle after the click, are you?' I argued that the click was the spec. He showed me how, if you don't pause, you can actually be under-torque by a noticeable margin on a calibrated gauge. I started adding that half-second pause on every critical fastener. Has anyone else had a simple technique critique that actually stuck?

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nathanh445d ago

My old foreman taught me the same thing on suspension bolts. That little pause makes a real difference on a digital gauge. It's one of those small habits that actually matters.

jordangibson5d ago

Yeah @nathanh44, that pause saves so many callbacks.