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I was torquing those little AN3 bolts way too hard for years
I was doing a 100-hour inspection on a Cessna 172 last week, and the new guy at the shop asked why I was using the 3/8-inch drive torque wrench on the cowling fasteners. I told him that's how I'd always done it. He pulled out the spec sheet and showed me the 1/4-inch drive setting... I'd been cranking them down to almost double the proper inch-pounds without even realizing. It just felt normal to me. Has anyone else had a basic habit like that they had to unlearn?
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the_sean14d ago
Man, that's a classic shop lesson right there. Did you ever have any issues with stripped threads or cracked parts from doing it wrong for so long?
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