Shoutout to the old tech who caught my harness mistake

I spent about two years working on LRU swaps and thought I had the cable routing down perfect. Everything looked clean and zip tied tight. Then last month a senior tech with 30 years in pulled me aside on a CRJ-200 tail compartment job. He pointed at a bundle I had running across a hydraulic line and just said "that's gonna chafe through in 18 months." I felt stupid because I never even thought about vibration wear over time. He showed me how he runs all his bundles a half inch away from any metal or lines. Now I redo every one I've touched from the past year. Anyone else have a basic habit they learned way later than they should have?

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river_adams254mo ago

Yeah I used to think zip ties were enough but experience proved otherwise real quick.

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the_wesley4mo ago

Wait, so zip ties actually aren't enough? I thought that was the whole point, man. How else are you supposed to secure bundles that won't move?

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