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My lead at the Anchorage hangar told me to torque the Cessna 172's nose gear bolts to 35 inch-pounds, not foot-pounds.
I was helping with an annual and almost used the foot-pound setting on my wrench. He caught it and said he saw a guy strip the threads doing that exact thing on a Piper up in Fairbanks last winter. It made me double-check every torque spec on the sheet after that. How many of you have had a senior mechanic save you from a similar mistake?
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the_jana6d ago
Thank goodness for sharp eyes, unlike patricianguyen's old boss in Juneau.
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