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A pilot said my torque wrench was overkill, I still cant shake it off
I was doing a wheel change on a 737 last Friday over at MRO hangar in Orlando and this captain walks by, watches me torque the axle nut, and goes, "kid, you know that thing has a tolerance of like a mile, right?" I mean, he was laughing and all, but it bugged me. I've been doing this for 8 years and I still follow the manual to the letter, even if the old timers think it's overkill. But the more I think about it, the more I wonder if he has a point about some of these checks being overly tight in real world conditions. Has anyone else had a pilot or inspector question your procedure and make you second guess yourself, or do you just ignore them and stick to the book?
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torres.grant9d ago
tolerance of like a mile" is funny until that mile turns into a wheel that wobbles at 30k feet, so yeah I'd keep the torque wrench. I mean the captain flies the thing, he doesn't sign off on the maintenance log, so his opinion on torque specs is worth about as much as mine on his landing flare. Maybe it's just me but I'd rather be the guy the pilots laugh at than the guy the NTSB talks about.
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