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Am I the only one who sees new guys skipping the final torque check on engine mount bolts?
I watched a kid at our hangar in Phoenix just slap a wrench on them last week, and it matters because that vibration over 500 flight hours will find ANY slack and cause a world of hurt, so how do you all drill that into the fresh hires?
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lilyfisher6mo ago
My buddy’s Cessna needed new mounts at 600 hours.
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lisa6716mo ago
Sounds like he got lucky they lasted that long.
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riley_king166mo ago
Yeah @lisa671, that's a good point. Some of those older engine mounts get really brittle. Saw a set come off a 172 at annual that were basically dust.
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