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Pet peeve: people who torque lug nuts by feel on jets
Was helping a buddy swap a tire on a 737 in Atlanta last month and he just cranked the nuts down with a breaker bar like it was a Toyota. Busted out the torque wrench and found three of them were 40 ft-lbs over spec, which is a good way to warp a wheel flange. Anyone else run into mechanics who treat torque specs as suggestions?
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holly_sanchez7524d agoMost Upvoted
40 over on a 737 flange? Dude was asking for a warp.
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alice_palmer2024d ago
Hold up, are we really acting like 40 over is gonna blow the whole job? I've seen guys push way hotter than that on smaller flanges and it was fine. Unless the metal was already paper thin or the guy was using a torch like a flamethrower, it's probably not that big of a deal. Sometimes the internet gets real dramatic about stuff that's just a minor oops in the field.
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