An inspector told me I was over-torquing landing gear bolts - he was right

I'd been doing it my way for 12 years, always went a few ft-lbs past spec to 'make sure'. An old FAA inspector watched me on a 737 during a C-check and said I was stressing the lugs. He showed me a cracked lug from another shop that did the same thing. I dialed back to exactly the book number and haven't had a re-torque issue since. Any other guys here been told to stop doing something they thought was standard?

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ryand266d ago

12 years doin it your way and that's the first time someone called it out? Man that's wild, I'd be sweating thinking about all the previous planes.

the_wren6d ago

Oh man @ryand26, that's a rough one... I'd be replaying every flight in my head too, wondering if that's the only time someone actually said something.