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Snapped a torque wrench on a control rod bolt this morning
I was torquing a bolt on a Cessna 172 control rod at the hangar in Tulsa around 8 AM when the wrench just gave out with a loud crack. Turned out the calibration sticker was from 2019 and nobody had checked it in three years. How often do you guys send your torque wrenches out for calibration?
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miles_burns5d ago
Calibration stickers from 2019... seems like nobody bothers with the little things until something breaks. Same thing happens with my kitchen scale at home, the battery dies mid-recipe and then I'm scrambling for a backup. It's like the universe has this way of reminding you that maintenance is a thing, but only after you've already screwed something up.
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