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Appreciation post: the guy who showed me torque seal isn't just for show
I was working a flap track job on a 757 in Atlanta 3 years back, and the lead mechanic chewed me out for skipping torque seal on a bolt that looked tight. He made me redo it and said that seal is the only way to catch a fastener backing off after a few cycles. Since then I've caught two loose bolts on walkarounds that would have been invisible without it. Anyone else have a senior guy drill a habit like that into you?
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the_jake1d ago
Five years ago at PDX a senior guy made me re-torque every single screw on a cargo door hinge because I didn't dab the seal on them. I thought he was being a jerk but then two weeks later I found a loose screw on a walkaround that would've been easy to miss without the purple paint cracked across the head. Now I'm that guy making the new kids mark everything... they probably think I'm the jerk but at least their bolts stay tight.
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